Smith Co. bird #2

[peytoncreekhunter]

I had a Longbeard come in on me this morning about 8. He was gobbling and strutting. I couldn't shoot because he was to my right just a little and my gun was pointed straight in front of me. He turned and started walking left which was ging to put him right out in front of me at about 20 yds. I had a fallen tree that he was going to walk behind and I thought when he clears it I'll take the shot. Well, that ole redhead cleared the fallen tree and I took the shot.

What I didn't know was that a Jake had come up behind the fallen tree and he is the one that walked out first. I saw the Longbeard fly straight up at the shot (he was still behind the fallen tree) and fly away.

Jake had a 3 1/2 inch beard, nubs and weighed 14 lbs. Look at the birds tail, it is full on one side and just short on the other. Being a Jake I thought it would be short on both sides.

I got to use the Turkey Tote that I made yesterday with the antler of a buck that I shot off the farm. It worked good, I had to shorten the cord a little to keep the bird from bouncing off my legs.

 

[go_okfishin]

Thats weird with the fan. Congrats.

Getting a turkey out of the woods is the only reason I wear a vest. Last week I had to carry one out w/o a vest, forgot to check my pants and sat in my truck w/ blood all over my pants.

 

[easy45]

Congrats

 

[Str8Shooter]

congrats

 

[spitndrum]

 

[LA man]

congrats

 

[mathews338]

cool fan, congrats!

 

[buckhorn40]

 

[Goshen Valley Boy]

I have had that happen before. I had a gobbler coming in and went down into a little holler. I knew where he would come back up and I was ready to shoot when he did. I saw that red and blue head pop up right where I thought it would and I dropped him. As soon as I shot, I saw a big gobbler run off from right behind the bird I had shot. When I recovered the bird, it was a jake I had not seen coming.

Congrats!

 

[rbreedi1]

Congrats