Stubborn bird this morning!

[JAY B]

Got on this guy at a new spot this morning, and he hung up at 100 yards for an hour gobbling his head off . After calling every ten minutes or so wasn't cutting it, I went silent for 30 minutes and he couldn't handle it anymore and finally came looking!
1" spurs
10 3/4" beard
17 lbs

 

[BowGuy84]

Nice work, sometimes you gotta play hard to get...

 

[easy45]

Congrats

 

[Andy S.]

Congrats! Patience prevails once more. I take it he came in silent?

 

[JAY B]

Congrats! Patience prevails once more. I take it he came in silent?

Yeah , he got quite for bout ten min so I figured he was coming or leaving, then he dropped off in the creek bed spitting and drumming all the way to the gun!

 

[93civEJ1]

congrats!!

I am still curious what is the spitting and drumming?

 

[Andy S.]

I am still curious what is the spitting and drumming?

Just other forms of turkey communication by a gobbler that typically precedes a gobbler strutting. IMO, spitting sounds similar to two small sticks (saplings) being slapped together (tick sound). Drumming sounds like a low frequency VROOM. These links may help you out.

http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/tv/video.asp?mediaID=IDAX3ZRD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNqhVJEEIuA (turkey spits at 6 sec, 37 sec, 51 sec and 1:20 mark.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61m0bIq ... e=youtu.be (Preston spits at 37 sec, 48 sec, 1:02 sec, 1:09 sec, 1:26, 1:30 mark and he spits and drums at 1:50 mark)

 

[Knothead]

Congrats! That just goes to show that sometimes its best to just shut up.

 

[Wrangler95]

Nice going,congrats!!

 

[Gravey]

Congrats!

 

[harley 2008]

congrats