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Son's first turkey - finally!
#310986
03/28/12 03:55 PM
03/28/12 03:55 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 4,681
Madison, AL
wmd
OP
10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 4,681
Madison, AL
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After no luck on last year's youth hunt and several close encounters during the Jackson county and Madison county youth hunts this year, my son finally killed his first turkey this morning at our club in Jackson county on our 5th hunt this year. We had several turkeys get going before daylight and keep gobbling once they hit the ground. We thought more than once that one of them was going to come on up to an opening where we had our blind and decoys set up. The gobblers would get close and then turn and go away. We kept debating whether we should try to move on them, but around 7:30 we heard a couple gobbles behind us and got a couple responses to my calls, so we decided to stay put. Finally just before 8 o'clock, two jakes pitched in about 10 yards from us. The jakes gave us and the decoys a quick look and then started angling away from us, one to the left and the other to the right. My son and I were both starting to think that once again an encounter was going to end favorably for the turkeys and not for us because the path both turkeys were taking did not allow my son to get a clear shot at either. But then thankfully, the jake on the right turned and walked right out in front us at 35 yards. I asked my son if he could see it and get on it, and he said he was on it so I told him to shoot. At the shot, the bird hit the ground and hardly fluttered. He killed his turkey with his 1187 20 ga using Hevi-shot #7s - those little pellets are bad news for turkeys. Man it was an awesome experience. My season goal is complete and anything else will just be a bonus for either one of us. 15 1bs 5 1/2" beard 1/4' spurs 
"Any way you look at it, most of the problems facing baboons can be expressed in two words: other baboons" -
D.L. Cheney and R.M. Seyfarth
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#310993
03/28/12 04:04 PM
03/28/12 04:04 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,987
alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,987
alabama
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tell him congrats....
troy
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311011
03/28/12 04:33 PM
03/28/12 04:33 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,926
Jackson county
t123winters
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 2,926
Jackson county
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I would bet this bird is a world record for your son,congratulations to you and your son. A Memory that will last a lifetime...
I would rather be turkey hunting
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311036
03/28/12 05:31 PM
03/28/12 05:31 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 16,022
Hartselle Al.
n2deer
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 16,022
Hartselle Al.
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Awesome Congrats to both.
Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311048
03/28/12 05:39 PM
03/28/12 05:39 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,911
North Bama
demp17
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,911
North Bama
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Congrats J.W. and welcome to the turkey killing club.
We are not perfect, only forgiven!!!
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311058
03/28/12 05:57 PM
03/28/12 05:57 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 5,454
blade
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 5,454
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311061
03/28/12 06:02 PM
03/28/12 06:02 PM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 32,451
North Alabama
YEKRUT
Turkey Nut
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Turkey Nut
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 32,451
North Alabama
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Sweet. Congrats to the young man.
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311062
03/28/12 06:03 PM
03/28/12 06:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 3,494
Jefferson
Fun4all
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 3,494
Jefferson
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Congrats on the fine turkey and the perseverance!
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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Re: Son's first turkey - finally!
[Re: wmd]
#311090
03/28/12 06:56 PM
03/28/12 06:56 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,405
By the River
antlerhunter
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,405
By the River
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CONGRATS, I couldn't get my son up this morning, so I had to go solo.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... (Seuss)
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