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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5327778" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Well, found one that was on fire this morning before work. Went a couple miles down the road to check the bird the young fellow missed last Friday. He wasn't roosted where I thought he would be and started out, but I heard a faint gobble way off in the distance (maybe 500y). Hauled butt toward it, cut the distance in half and called. He immediately crushed it from the limb. He was on a knoll just off a powerline with a creek/ ravine between us. I couldn't cross the creek due to the rain last night. Figured he'd pitch onto the powerline and come down it to me, so I closed to 125 or so and sat down on the edge of the powerline with the creek 10y away. There was a rise across the creek, and I knew he'd have to come to the top of it to check my location. I also knew there was a decent chance he wouldn't come far enough up to confirm he was a tom and not a jake, but I didn't really care if I killed him or not.</p><p></p><p>Had about 15 minutes to play with him before I had to leave for work, so I pushed him pretty hard with the calls, way more agressive cutting and yelping than I would normally do, and he was going nuts on the limb. I didn't hear him fly down, but a couple minutes later he gobbled 50y away on the ground in the powerline on the other side of the rise. I gave a couple soft clucks and got the gun at the ready. A minute later, I can see his head coming up the rise. And of course, he comes up far enough that I can see his head then wattles, then just where the beard comes out of the breast, but no further. He's at 20y and works back and forth a bit, but never high enough on the rise to confirm he's a longbeard. Never popped strut to see tail fan either. After just under a minute, he smells a rat and eases back the way he came. And I eased back the way I came and made it to work on time. Was a great hunt!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5327778, member: 2805"] Well, found one that was on fire this morning before work. Went a couple miles down the road to check the bird the young fellow missed last Friday. He wasn't roosted where I thought he would be and started out, but I heard a faint gobble way off in the distance (maybe 500y). Hauled butt toward it, cut the distance in half and called. He immediately crushed it from the limb. He was on a knoll just off a powerline with a creek/ ravine between us. I couldn't cross the creek due to the rain last night. Figured he'd pitch onto the powerline and come down it to me, so I closed to 125 or so and sat down on the edge of the powerline with the creek 10y away. There was a rise across the creek, and I knew he'd have to come to the top of it to check my location. I also knew there was a decent chance he wouldn't come far enough up to confirm he was a tom and not a jake, but I didn't really care if I killed him or not. Had about 15 minutes to play with him before I had to leave for work, so I pushed him pretty hard with the calls, way more agressive cutting and yelping than I would normally do, and he was going nuts on the limb. I didn't hear him fly down, but a couple minutes later he gobbled 50y away on the ground in the powerline on the other side of the rise. I gave a couple soft clucks and got the gun at the ready. A minute later, I can see his head coming up the rise. And of course, he comes up far enough that I can see his head then wattles, then just where the beard comes out of the breast, but no further. He's at 20y and works back and forth a bit, but never high enough on the rise to confirm he's a longbeard. Never popped strut to see tail fan either. After just under a minute, he smells a rat and eases back the way he came. And I eased back the way I came and made it to work on time. Was a great hunt! [/QUOTE]
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