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1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby muddy » Fri May 12, 2017 2:02 pm

Might as well make the story long... :lol:

Season ended for me about 3 weeks ago when I jacked up my back during the first week of season. We had good weather so I opted to get all yard work done, and I did. Then it rained amd got 40° for 5 days, then I hurt my back doing deadlifts at the gym. Apparently you don't warm up at 275#.

Anyway, I got some sweet vikes and muscle relaxers for my trouble, along with a 10# weight resteiction. Fast forward to this week, the middle of our last season here in Iowa. I can't carry a blind so for the first time ever I had 2 gun tags in my pocket.

Disclaimer, you can shoot as many bearded turkeys in Iowa in one day as you have valid tags. End of disclaimer.

A friend dropped some wings off yesterday and in the small talk he said head up to his place and try, I think he felt sorry for my hobbled up self. Today I dropped the kids at school and made my way north. As I drove down his drive I could see strutters behind his house in the freshly burnt (now green) CRP field. I formed a plan and went to execute it. After a long circle, a thigh deep creek crossing, and a 200 yard crawl I was within 100 yards of 5 strutters. 2 twos and a single. I got ready and popped the fan up. The result was nothing less than spectacularly perfect. Fans dropped, heads came up, and turkeys got mad. Immediately the single bird and the 2 closer birds began that "mean walk with authority" right at me, it was awesome. As they went thru a dip I got the barrel between the fan V and clicked the safety off, it was ON! Seconds later the 2 popped up at 30 and I let em keep coming. At 10 yards they went to full strut, white heads, full length snoods, and made the air buzz with angry drumming. I smiled, lined up the bead, and dropped em. I didn't really plan to kill them both but when I stood up 2 birds lay flopping while 3 other gobblers stood there at 20 yards away. Sure cant beat that with a stick! 45 minutes of driving for a 10 minute walk and a 30 second hunt. After the excitement wore off my back started to spasam a bit, I think it was worried about humping 50# of gobblers out!

Anyway, here are some quick pics.

Where they dropped on relation to my fan. The further one flopped back a ways, they were touching when they fell

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Bird 1

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Bird 2

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The lucky shell

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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby csoult » Fri May 12, 2017 2:03 pm

Nice!
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Fri May 12, 2017 2:51 pm

Awesome Muddy! Your turkey stories are always the best. Congrats. :clap: :clap:
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Unread postby hunter_mike » Fri May 12, 2017 2:59 pm

Crazy! Now thats an exciting hunt. Congrats muddy
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby muddy » Fri May 12, 2017 2:59 pm

Jackson Marsh wrote:Awesome Muddy! Your turkey stories are always the best. Congrats. :clap: :clap:


Thanks brochacho, I try to be concise, humorous, and entertaining.
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby muddy » Fri May 12, 2017 3:08 pm

hunter_mike wrote:Crazy! Now thats an exciting hunt. Congrats muddy


It was. It gets intense when those angry birds break in under 5 yards and they giving you the mean mug like Rampage Jackson.
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby Dewey » Fri May 12, 2017 3:27 pm

muddy wrote:
Jackson Marsh wrote:Awesome Muddy! Your turkey stories are always the best. Congrats. :clap: :clap:


Thanks brochacho, I try to be concise, humorous, and entertaining.

You definitely succeeded doing that. Congrats Muddy. 8-)
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Fri May 12, 2017 4:49 pm

Epic hunt. Congrats and great story. Love em. I still laugh when I think about the reap kill with the MJ move.
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Unread postby Ack » Fri May 12, 2017 6:56 pm

Well done Muddy! :clap:
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Unread postby muddy » Fri May 12, 2017 11:23 pm

BassBoysLLP wrote:Epic hunt. Congrats and great story. Love em. I still laugh when I think about the reap kill with the MJ move.


Yes indeed! If that bird of years past was MJ then yesterdays birds were like Matt Suey leading Walter Peyton into the end zone like it was 1985.

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Too bad I Bellichecked them.
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Sat May 13, 2017 1:07 am

Saweet!
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Unread postby stash59 » Sat May 13, 2017 3:22 am

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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby Stanley » Sat May 13, 2017 4:14 am

Nice job on the 2 birds. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Unread postby dan » Sat May 13, 2017 4:17 am

:clap:
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Re: 1 shot, 2 kills, epic double reap

Unread postby BigHunt » Sat May 13, 2017 4:53 am

Nice!
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