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Been learning the hard way for too long now
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03/29/17 12:30 AM
03/29/17 12:30 AM
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ShaneO
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It's been a long time it seems
Guess I never caught the bug for turkey hunting because of bass fishing until 5 years ago
I had always thought turkey hunters were crazy
They would say you will give up deer hunting if you ever go turkey hunting
The first time I ever went turkey hunting was with a partner from work
I was lease holder of 2000 acres in Greenville Al nobody turkey hunted in our club so I hooked up with Steve And went one Sat am we heard no gobbling and we're leaving around 930 when he hit the box call and bam he gobbled
The two year old was shot by Steve 5 min later and I never saw the turkey until floppingo our friends were ribbing him because he went to call for me (I didn't care ) and I truly still had no interest in turkey (this didn't do it for me)
They stayed after me to go back for that year and schedule didn't allow
This was around 2010
The next year an additional older gentleman from Georgiana and I went 3 times
On the first two hunts really uneventful I was about to write the buzzards off for good
The third hunt oh boy
We get there in a new spot around 530am in my mind I'm thinking why!!!
Then at 6-615 bam we heard a gobble then another and another and close
He says let's set up
They were hammering I was in a fog mentally but they were in front of me and I was ready and could see but then it went silent I figured they had left
I was facing 12 o'clock and I start feeling like bees are flying around my head and just felt disoriented until at my 5 o'clock bam(they hammered) how did they get here
I didn't see them and I'm stuck couldn't move etc two gobblers at 15 steps
The older gentlemen couldn't shoot either because I was between he and them
They must have figured out she wasn't there and wandered off
I was in shock somewhat scared of the closeness of this event they got me that day
In more than one way
I said to the man "knowing he saw them" did you see those jakes? He said in his own way those weren't no jakes
Anyway ever since that day I've been learning and once I started going on my own it's become an all out addiction
What's deer hunting? Or bass fishing?
Good luck guys
“When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”
– General Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: ShaneO]
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03/29/17 01:30 AM
03/29/17 01:30 AM
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North Alabama
YEKRUT
Turkey Nut
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Good write up and good luck to you!
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: YEKRUT]
#2072803
03/29/17 01:52 AM
03/29/17 01:52 AM
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Posts: 966
Jacksonville,AL
alight1983
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6 point
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Jacksonville,AL
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It is definetly a disease
The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness.
Tom Kelly
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: ShaneO]
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03/29/17 03:54 AM
03/29/17 03:54 AM
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Posts: 6,269
Lamar Co, AL
BamaGuitarDude
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12 point
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Posts: 6,269
Lamar Co, AL
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I had always thought turkey hunters were crazy We are  Good luck man!
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: ShaneO]
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03/29/17 10:12 AM
03/29/17 10:12 AM
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ShaneO
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I knew he had saw the turkeys
I saw them through my peripheral vision and had a good idea they were gd turkeys
I guess I was shook up, and didn't want to admit I had been had by gobblers
“When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”
– General Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: ShaneO]
#2073265
03/29/17 10:13 AM
03/29/17 10:13 AM
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ShaneO
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Good luck to all of y'all
“When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”
– General Thomas Stonewall Jackson
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Re: Been learning the hard way for too long now
[Re: ShaneO]
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03/29/17 11:38 AM
03/29/17 11:38 AM
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Luverne
tbest3
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I knew he had saw the turkeys
I saw them through my peripheral vision and had a good idea they were gd turkeys
I guess I was shook up, and didn't want to admit I had been had by gobblers Get used to it. I've had my butt handed to me by a many a gobbler.
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