I just cant do it..... Updated

megalomaniac said:

Finally gobbled... gotta be careful, this may be a jake

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Ended up being 2 jakes and a 2yo tom. Took 3.5h, several repositions, lots of patience, bit he gave me 6 gobbles or so over the course of the hunt. Came in fired up and died at 25y. Different bird (much smaller) than the one I wouldn't shoot last eve. Finally found the right spot to get him to commit instead of flanking me again and again just out of range.

2 years in a row I've killed a gobbling bird on the last day of the season without hearing a single gobble the entire month of April both years. Good feeling to end the season on a high note

Congratulations on holding out and doing it your way!

It's always satisfying when you can get it done on your terms. Congrats on a good hunt.

Congrats dude.

Nice going,congrats!

megalomaniac said:

Ended up being 2 jakes and a 2yo tom. Took 3.5h, several repositions, lots of patience, bit he gave me 6 gobbles or so over the course of the hunt. Came in fired up and died at 25y. Different bird (much smaller) than the one I wouldn't shoot last eve. Finally found the right spot to get him to commit instead of flanking me again and again just out of range.

2 years in a row I've killed a gobbling bird on the last day of the season without hearing a single gobble the entire month of April both years. Good feeling to end the season on a high note

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Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

Levee Jumper said:

Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

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Kill ''em all Jack!

Levee Jumper said:

Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

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Lol, I've shared this before, but my son said 'you must really hate turkeys' after I helped him kill his bird this year.

I kinda think it's my job to send them to Valhalla. Die with honor after a fight fit for a warrior. Way better than them getting killed under a feeder or shot from the window of a truck. And I love the hunts where they beat me as much as the hunts I win. I just LOVE playing the game.

This picture pretty much sums up my month of April in south MS.... hunt a spot, no birds talking, then check it the next day and there are gobbler tracks in my truck tracks from the day before. I'm sure I would have more success actually killing birds sitting for hours in a popup blind on a plot with decoys, but I'm a glutton for punishment if I have a bird I think will eventually play honorably.

Now it's on to planting summer plots and removing predators (legally) to prepare for the next generation of warriors!

Congrats mega, thanks for sharing.

Congrats!

Nice! Congratulations!

Congrats.