I just cant do it..... Updated

[megalomaniac]

Finally gobbled... gotta be careful, this may be a jake

Ended up being 2 jakes and a 2yo tom. Took 3.5h, several repositions, lots of patience, bit he gave me 6 gobbles or so over the course of the hunt. Came in fired up and died at 25y. Different bird (much smaller) than the one I wouldn't shoot last eve. Finally found the right spot to get him to commit instead of flanking me again and again just out of range.

2 years in a row I've killed a gobbling bird on the last day of the season without hearing a single gobble the entire month of April both years. Good feeling to end the season on a high note

 

[scn]

Congratulations on holding out and doing it your way!

 

[Buzzard Breath]

It's always satisfying when you can get it done on your terms. Congrats on a good hunt.

 

[rem270]

Congrats dude.

 

[Wrangler95]

Nice going,congrats!

 

[Levee Jumper]

Ended up being 2 jakes and a 2yo tom. Took 3.5h, several repositions, lots of patience, bit he gave me 6 gobbles or so over the course of the hunt. Came in fired up and died at 25y. Different bird (much smaller) than the one I wouldn't shoot last eve. Finally found the right spot to get him to commit instead of flanking me again and again just out of range.

2 years in a row I've killed a gobbling bird on the last day of the season without hearing a single gobble the entire month of April both years. Good feeling to end the season on a high note

Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

 

[Levee Jumper]

Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

Kill ''em all Jack!

 

[megalomaniac]

Boy you are a different level of mad at them. I would feel sorry for them if I didn't hear or see any more than that for that period of time.

Lol, I've shared this before, but my son said 'you must really hate turkeys' after I helped him kill his bird this year.

I kinda think it's my job to send them to Valhalla. Die with honor after a fight fit for a warrior. Way better than them getting killed under a feeder or shot from the window of a truck. And I love the hunts where they beat me as much as the hunts I win. I just LOVE playing the game.

This picture pretty much sums up my month of April in south MS.... hunt a spot, no birds talking, then check it the next day and there are gobbler tracks in my truck tracks from the day before. I'm sure I would have more success actually killing birds sitting for hours in a popup blind on a plot with decoys, but I'm a glutton for punishment if I have a bird I think will eventually play honorably.

Now it's on to planting summer plots and removing predators (legally) to prepare for the next generation of warriors!

 

[Andy S.]

Congrats mega, thanks for sharing.

 

[Bone Collector]

Congrats!

 

[DoubleRidge]

Nice! Congratulations!

 

[Chief44]

Congrats.