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My #2 Breezy Noon Bird 4/8
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04/08/25 07:52 PM
04/08/25 07:52 PM
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Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 815 Houston County
cchoque93
OP
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 815
Houston County
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I left my house at 3:30 this morning to cover a case in Tallahassee. Knowing I’d be done fairly early I threw my stuff in my work with plans to stop by our property on my way back. That’s just what I did. I made it to our gate at 10:35. I changed clothes, gathered my things and slowly walked to a shady spot I had in mind. I was about 25yds off of the same plot we killed youth weekend. I set out Remus (my taxidermy decoy) and got comfortable. At 11:00 I hit the slate at 65% volume and got no response in the breezy air. I checked work emails and might if dozed off for a few. The next time I checked the clock it was 11:32. I ran my slate at 30% this time. No response. Set it down and just peered across the field reflecting on this incredible season so far. Then at 11:45 I spotted a red head crest the rise coming from the bottom. Then 2 more heads. Great I thought, it’s the 3 Jakes I had on camera a week or so back. They worked to my left against the woodline. Still thinking they were Jakes I lightly helped behind me, and then one blew up in strut. Full fan! I yelped again and they spotted the decoy and here they come. To my surprise they were all long beards. They all marched up to the decoy at 17 steps. I wanted him close because Im shooting an old SxS 16ga with short open barrels and #5 pheasant loads. I had to wait for them to separate and once they did I yelped lightly raising the strutters head. Boom! He flopped and the other 2 jumped up and the show commenced. For 30min the 2 stood over picking and strutting on their fallen companion. I took pictures and videos until they eventually eased off into the bottom. That is the 7th one I’ve seen die. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/Jvjddxw.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/VxlfqjP.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/nRHrrou.jpeg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/LYWJ2mJ.jpeg)
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Re: My #2 Breezy Noon Bird 4/8
[Re: cchoque93]
#4308993
04/08/25 07:55 PM
04/08/25 07:55 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 8,539
sj22
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 8,539
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Good stuff buddy! Having a heck of a season 👏👏👏
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Re: My #2 Breezy Noon Bird 4/8
[Re: cchoque93]
#4309004
04/08/25 08:14 PM
04/08/25 08:14 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 11,406 Central, Al
Bustinbeards
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 11,406
Central, Al
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That’s awesome! Congratulations Bud!
I Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.
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Re: My #2 Breezy Noon Bird 4/8
[Re: cchoque93]
#4309354
04/09/25 05:47 PM
04/09/25 05:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 17,280 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 17,280
Montgomery
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That is awesome! And those pics are amazing!!
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Re: My #2 Breezy Noon Bird 4/8
[Re: cchoque93]
#4309453
04/09/25 08:53 PM
04/09/25 08:53 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,467 North Alabama
robinhedd
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,467
North Alabama
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Great pics and awesome story ‼️Robinhedd
"Guess I just got too much Mathews in me!"
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