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Pulled one away from his buddys. Woodpile TOM

Unread postby backstraps » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:18 pm

This is a bird I harvested last week. He has been flocked up with a bunch of birds on property I couldnt hunt.

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I asked the property owner and he wouldnt allow any hunting. So after we talked for a while I realized he didnt like turkeys or he wasnt an anti hunter or anything....just was afraid of liability having people on his property. So I asked him if I could come back later on in the day, and bust that flock of birds up :) He laughed and said sure , he didnt see anything wrong with that. I can hunt a farm next door, so I had a plan. About 30 minutes before dark, the flock was making their way to a ridgeline to roost when I cam barrelling through the center of them running waving my arms!! This sent birds in about 6 different directions....and lucky for me 5-10 of them pitched right on a farm I can hunt.

So the next day came and just as expected, with the flock busted up, there was an enormous amount of gobbling and tree yelping going on. So once I got the birds attention, it was game on.

Finally I got a visual of the birds coming in strutting, BUT all I could see were Jakes! 6 darn jakes. After I left them alone for about 20 minutes they made their way into a field about 90 yards away.

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When all of a sudden a gobble stood the hair on my neck up like a wire brush! I knew he was close, but was afraid to try and turn. When I finally laid eyes on him he walked behind a woodpile, I shouldered and when he stepped out the other side, it was jelly head time! He wasnt a big gobbler, but was so much fun to give chase too. He ended up weighing 18 lbs, had 1" spurs and a 10 inch beard.

I nick named him the woodpile bird.
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That shed you see about 600 yards away is where he was the evening before when I busted them up!

Now I LOVE to hunt turkeys, but nibblets are one of my very favorites:
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Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:21 pm

Looks tasty! Congrats on the Tom!

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Unread postby Crazinamatese » Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:48 pm

Thats awesome! :clap:
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Unread postby backstraps » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:09 am

Yeah my wife sure is glad when turkey season is over each spring. She said she gets tired of seeing me eating turkey all the time.....hahahaha

She wont eat any wild game! :? Thats okay, more for me and my buddys
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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:40 pm

8-)
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:01 am

Now that is one way to handle the property you cant hunt. I will remember that one. Kinda went all fall on them, with the busting them up part and making them vocalize their positions and using their natural desire to reassemble.

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Unread postby hunt n nut » Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:18 pm

Looks good...congrats
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Unread postby Ridgerunner7 » Thu May 02, 2013 7:35 am

Good job man!

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Unread postby Brandon » Thu May 02, 2013 9:09 am

2 things..... 1st... awesome job!

2nd.... you can get hunters insurance pretty cheap that would release liablity from the landowner.

I pay $40 a year for mine...
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Unread postby Stanley » Thu May 02, 2013 9:12 am

Congrats on the nice bird.
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Unread postby UntouchableNess » Thu May 02, 2013 9:37 am

Nice plan that worked, Congrats!
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Unread postby jonsimoneau » Fri May 03, 2013 7:33 am

Now that is using your head. I might try that one. Been working on a tom that is roosted in the same spot every night but he has 9 or 10 hens with him and won't leave them. If I get desperate I will try busting them up like that.

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Unread postby Hodag Hunter » Fri May 03, 2013 12:54 pm

Cool story. I like the out of box thinking. 8-)
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Unread postby ttsbuck » Sun May 05, 2013 1:29 pm

Nice strategy on the hunt and that picture of the bird on the wood pile is awesome.
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Unread postby muddy » Tue May 07, 2013 9:47 am

Great tactic.

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