This is my third season hunting wild turkey and I usually only get out 2 or 3 times per season. This morning I finally got my first bird. Was set up by 5:15am, by 6 there were gobbles all around me. Surrounding me in all directions, but the closest one still sounded a fair distance away. This lasted for quite some time but stopped abruptly between 7-7:30. Finally at 9am a turkey emerges from the edge of the bush about 150 yards away. I let out a couple yelps and got his attention. Step step step... peck peck. Step step step... peck peck. He had eyes for my decoys and was coming in fast. I was running a jake & hen pair. He was on a mission to my decoys and wasn't sure if he was going for the hen or jake, didn't get the chance to find out as I dropped him around 20-25 yards.
21lbs 14oz
9" beard
1 5/16" spurs
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I kept reading stories about birds taking forever to make their way in to the decoys, or getting hung up out of range. This just happened so quickly it didn't feel real. I guess moral of the story is; hang in there.. eventually you'll run into a suicidal bird.
