Buck Assassin
Well-Known Member
Finally after 20 days of turkey season a bird bites the dust! I hunted with my brother (ddgonehntn on here) Friday morning and we heard a few birds but they just were not interested in our calling. So about 9:30 we ran out to Krystals to get a biscuit and we went to another place. Well dd and I split up. He went to a ridge we had birds on last weekend and I took off walking on a logging road. I would walk 50 or 60 yards and call, or call every time I came around the point of a ridge. After about an hour I came around a point and did about 3 cuts and led into about 5 or 6 yelps on my mouth call. He hammered right off under me in the hollow! Sounded like a jake though. I thought, oh well they all eat the same. So I scrambled around trying to find a tree to set against. I thought he would probably come straight out of the hollow and onto the road so I finally sat down and cut a few more times and he gobbled again! This time it sounded like he was coming up a ridge to my right though. There is a 4wheeler path coming out this ridge so I figured he might walk out this path right to me! I scooted around so I am facing the 4wheeler path and now the road is to my left and kinda behind me. I sat still for about 5 minutes and never heard or saw him. I was starting to worry because I knew this bird was within 70 yards when he gobbled the first time. I just happened to look down the road and he is in full strut not 25 yards away! 
Oh Great! Now somehow I gotta swing my gun way left and shoot across my body! :crazy: All I could see was a little bit of his head and some of his fan so I still wasn�t sure if it was a gobbler or not. Then another bird hopped out on the road in plain sight! It was a jake with about a 3 inch beard. I thought well they are probably both jakes but I�m still gonna try and shoot the strutter! I wait for 3 to 4 minutes thinking he would work up the road and I would get a good shot at him without having to move around. Nothing doing! All he would do is blow into strut and then do a circle. :crazy: So everytime he would do a circle and his fan blocked his head I would move a little providing the jake was out of sight. It took me about 5 minutes to get my gun worked around but I was finally on this bird! Still all I could see was some of his neck and fan. I thought, well do I wait for the perfect shot or try and kill him??? Ah screw waiting for the perfect shot! I know how that always works out! 
I settled in on what I could see of his neck and squeeze oh I mean pulled� or actually more like jerked the trigger probably! 
After the shot I can�t see him but I hear the FLOP! Waahhhoooooo! Number 1 down! I sat back against the tree and thanked the Lord for an awesome hunt! I jumped up and took off running to see my bird. I hopped onto the road where I could see him and Holy cow! It�s a longbeard! I think I was dancing back out that logging road! lol
Just guessing around 19-20 pounds
1 inch spurs
9.5 in beard
Mossberg 500 With tru-glo Gobble Stopper choke and Win Supreme HV 3in #6s
Primos Double A-frame with bat cut mouth call
Sorry for the long post but I'm just a little excited! lol
Oh Great! Now somehow I gotta swing my gun way left and shoot across my body! :crazy: All I could see was a little bit of his head and some of his fan so I still wasn�t sure if it was a gobbler or not. Then another bird hopped out on the road in plain sight! It was a jake with about a 3 inch beard. I thought well they are probably both jakes but I�m still gonna try and shoot the strutter! I wait for 3 to 4 minutes thinking he would work up the road and I would get a good shot at him without having to move around. Nothing doing! All he would do is blow into strut and then do a circle. :crazy: So everytime he would do a circle and his fan blocked his head I would move a little providing the jake was out of sight. It took me about 5 minutes to get my gun worked around but I was finally on this bird! Still all I could see was some of his neck and fan. I thought, well do I wait for the perfect shot or try and kill him??? Ah screw waiting for the perfect shot! I know how that always works out! I settled in on what I could see of his neck and squeeze oh I mean pulled� or actually more like jerked the trigger probably! After the shot I can�t see him but I hear the FLOP! Waahhhoooooo! Number 1 down! I sat back against the tree and thanked the Lord for an awesome hunt! I jumped up and took off running to see my bird. I hopped onto the road where I could see him and Holy cow! It�s a longbeard! I think I was dancing back out that logging road! lol Just guessing around 19-20 pounds
1 inch spurs
9.5 in beard
Mossberg 500 With tru-glo Gobble Stopper choke and Win Supreme HV 3in #6s
Primos Double A-frame with bat cut mouth call
Sorry for the long post but I'm just a little excited! lol
Oh well. 
