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#2 right off the roost! #3087416 04/02/20 10:51 AM 04/02/20 10:51 AM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,985 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,985 Opelika, AL	I can count the number of times I've had a bird come into the front of my barrel right off the roost on one hand. This morning I set out for an all day hunt. Little did I know, I would only need less than an hour. Walking in, I heard a gobble very close on the creek. I quickly walked and set up off the road at an intersection where the creek crossing road comes in. I tried to resist calling but that dude was sounding off pretty hot. He gobbled no less than 20 times on the limb. I let out some faint tree yelps, clucks, then did a fly down cackle and slapped my hat in the air. A few more clucks then I shut up and listened to him gobble. About 20minutes later I heard drumming then a gobble from just down in the bottom that rattled my chest. I got my gun up and waited for that blue and white head to come bopping into view. The Nitro TTS load had him down with only minor flopping. It was maybe a 20 yard shot. What a great morning! Trail cam is an hour off, but this shot was cool. Back home, showered, and bird cleaned by 8:00am. Author, Alabama's Best Fly Fishing Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3087437 04/02/20 11:19 AM 04/02/20 11:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 5,060 Montgomery,al,usa Davyalabama 12 point
Davyalabama 12 point Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 5,060 Montgomery,al,usa	Great hunt, I love those kinds --- Awesome Watch! “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3087442 04/02/20 11:21 AM 04/02/20 11:21 AM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you Mbrock Fancy
Mbrock Fancy Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you	Congrats!! Looks like a dang Rio

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3087445 04/02/20 11:22 AM 04/02/20 11:22 AM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,342 Alabama G gcr0003 8 point
gcr0003 8 point G Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,342 Alabama	Sweet, congrats

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3087459 04/02/20 11:32 AM 04/02/20 11:32 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,613 Dothan, AL jellyhead11 8 point
jellyhead11 8 point Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,613 Dothan, AL	Congrats man! If you're too busy to hunt or fish.... You're too busy

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: Mbrock] #3087555 04/02/20 01:11 PM 04/02/20 01:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,540 B blade 12 point
blade 12 point B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,540	Originally Posted by Mbrock Congrats!! Looks like a dang Rio First thought thru my mind as well.

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3087594 04/02/20 01:43 PM 04/02/20 01:43 PM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,157 Between the coosa and cahaba ! !shiloh! 14 point
!shiloh! 14 point ! Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,157 Between the coosa and cahaba	Like it when a plan comes together

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3088046 04/02/20 08:07 PM 04/02/20 08:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,101 Bagley Al. Jmxinc 10 point
Jmxinc 10 point Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,101 Bagley Al.	Congrats! Like the watch ,, love the hat WDE Every day's a gift !

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3088065 04/02/20 08:15 PM 04/02/20 08:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,985 Opelika, AL AU_trout_bum OP 8 point
AU_trout_bum OP 8 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,985 Opelika, AL	Yea, several of the birds here in Macon county have had a lighter color to their fan feathers. Author, Alabama's Best Fly Fishing Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3088071 04/02/20 08:22 PM 04/02/20 08:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 14,393 Some Marriott/Auburn A AU7MM08 Booner
AU7MM08 Booner A Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 14,393 Some Marriott/Auburn	Very nice.

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3088126 04/02/20 08:51 PM 04/02/20 08:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,501 Berry, AL BigCountry062307 8 point
BigCountry062307 8 point Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,501 Berry, AL	Nice, congrats No good decision was ever made from a swivel chair. Gen. Patton I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:10

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3089293 04/03/20 09:36 PM 04/03/20 09:36 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,623 Harpersville, Al. L Leprechaun24 10 point
Leprechaun24 10 point L Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,623 Harpersville, Al.	Congrats!

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3089365 04/03/20 11:35 PM 04/03/20 11:35 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,329 Northeast Florida BamaGrad85 10 point
BamaGrad85 10 point Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,329 Northeast Florida	Congrats I came, I saw, so I killed them all......Vern

Re: #2 right off the roost! [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3089895 04/04/20 06:08 PM 04/04/20 06:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 5,060 Montgomery,al,usa Davyalabama 12 point
Davyalabama 12 point Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 5,060 Montgomery,al,usa	wow, that was awesome. “If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau