Decided to make a separate thread so i can find it easier.
Got this guy about 745am. All because a hen came in and started yelling at my decoys. Cackles and cackles as she walked towards them, i thought she was going to attack my upright avian x hen! But she calmed right down to like clucks and purrs after she got close up. Then she went back the way she was headed before she saw them. To my luck, all the noise got a nice tom to gobble a little ways behind her. He must have been following her from a distance but with all that noise he caught up quick. Without another gobble he come out from the cedars in full strut. He was about 40yrds away and walking towards the hen that was making a scene. He was slowly moving away until he saw my 1/2 strut jake and a laydown hen and he instantly stopped following the hen and strutted to my decoys.
He was about 25yrds away so i started saying "peep peep peep" in an attempt to get him to stick his neck out but he was ignoring me. He was closing in on my expensive inflatable decoys and i didnt want to risk shooting him in that crowd and ruining any of them. So at about 20yrds (decoys were at 17yrds) i knocked him down while walking in full bloom. Winchester XX 3inch number 4s out of a mossberg 500 with a tightwad choke. That rig does it again as i bag my second turkey in my 3 years hunting the silly bastards.
Gotta say that the primos double bull surround view 360 blind is awesome. Love that i can see out of the walls (although not super crisp unless you are sitting close to the wall you are looking through). It lets you see movement everywhere, in order to get your gun up and ready at your shooting lane without scrambling at the last minute. Really happy with it! Just wish it was lighter lol i bought a BlindHog pack for it and that really helps hauling it around. Also lets you strap your chair and gun and other stuff to it.
So he turned out to be only slightly bigger than my other one even tho his spurs and snoot are longer, he weighed 18.2LBS (compared to 17.8). Beard was 9 inches and the spurs were an inch. Enough for me to hang him from the porch rafters before processing lol
Best part was that my dad didnt want to be out that early so he said he would meet me at 8 in the blind.
He shows up as im taking a picture of the downed bird lol early worm as they say!
Posting pics
Decoys live to see another day, bird was shot to the left of the upright hen, placed on stick to keep muzzle out of the mud
Blind 17yrds from decoys
View from inside
Hangin
Number 2
Dad counting on some jakes hanging around. No luck.
Tough bastard. He had a bunch of missing feathers and a chipped spur. RIP
Got this guy about 745am. All because a hen came in and started yelling at my decoys. Cackles and cackles as she walked towards them, i thought she was going to attack my upright avian x hen! But she calmed right down to like clucks and purrs after she got close up. Then she went back the way she was headed before she saw them. To my luck, all the noise got a nice tom to gobble a little ways behind her. He must have been following her from a distance but with all that noise he caught up quick. Without another gobble he come out from the cedars in full strut. He was about 40yrds away and walking towards the hen that was making a scene. He was slowly moving away until he saw my 1/2 strut jake and a laydown hen and he instantly stopped following the hen and strutted to my decoys.
He was about 25yrds away so i started saying "peep peep peep" in an attempt to get him to stick his neck out but he was ignoring me. He was closing in on my expensive inflatable decoys and i didnt want to risk shooting him in that crowd and ruining any of them. So at about 20yrds (decoys were at 17yrds) i knocked him down while walking in full bloom. Winchester XX 3inch number 4s out of a mossberg 500 with a tightwad choke. That rig does it again as i bag my second turkey in my 3 years hunting the silly bastards.
Gotta say that the primos double bull surround view 360 blind is awesome. Love that i can see out of the walls (although not super crisp unless you are sitting close to the wall you are looking through). It lets you see movement everywhere, in order to get your gun up and ready at your shooting lane without scrambling at the last minute. Really happy with it! Just wish it was lighter lol i bought a BlindHog pack for it and that really helps hauling it around. Also lets you strap your chair and gun and other stuff to it.
So he turned out to be only slightly bigger than my other one even tho his spurs and snoot are longer, he weighed 18.2LBS (compared to 17.8). Beard was 9 inches and the spurs were an inch. Enough for me to hang him from the porch rafters before processing lol
Best part was that my dad didnt want to be out that early so he said he would meet me at 8 in the blind.
He shows up as im taking a picture of the downed bird lol early worm as they say!
Posting pics
Decoys live to see another day, bird was shot to the left of the upright hen, placed on stick to keep muzzle out of the mud
Blind 17yrds from decoys
View from inside
Hangin
Number 2
Dad counting on some jakes hanging around. No luck.
Tough bastard. He had a bunch of missing feathers and a chipped spur. RIP
