Colton's Ohio Bird
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Colton's Ohio Bird
Went down to camp this weekend for the youth turkey season in OHio. We hunted Saturday and while we heard a few birds, we never really got one to work. Tried to roost one last night but didn't hear anything. Decided to go this morning to where we heard 2 birds on the roost on Saturday morning. Downside was that it was over a mile (one way) walk down and back up the mountain to get there.
It was getting pretty light this morning and we still had yet to hear a bird. I finally decided to call a couple of times and nothing. Called a couple more times and they finally opened up. We moved up the hill some and setup. They were a couple hundred yards away on roost on a point. We were on the next point across a small hollow from them. I didn't want to move anymore as I was worried about getting picked off and we were where they went on Saturday morning. There was a lot of fresh scratching and some feathers on the ground. We were on the same bench as them and I expected them to fly down and work around the hollow to us. I called a few times to them on the roost and they always responded right back. Sounded like a jake and a tom. The ended up flying across to us and probably landed about 50 yards down over the hill. We couldn't see them but could hear them drumming and they gobbled a couple of times. It probably wasn't 10-15 seconds and this bird came on a quick walk right towards us. Unfortunately it was a little to Colton's right and there was no cover between us and them. The bird was going to be in our lap in a few seconds. He moved to get on him and the bird turned and started walking to the side of us. Colton dropped him at 13 yards.
PS. took a pic with the new call from Kip that we used to call him in.
Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr
Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr
It was getting pretty light this morning and we still had yet to hear a bird. I finally decided to call a couple of times and nothing. Called a couple more times and they finally opened up. We moved up the hill some and setup. They were a couple hundred yards away on roost on a point. We were on the next point across a small hollow from them. I didn't want to move anymore as I was worried about getting picked off and we were where they went on Saturday morning. There was a lot of fresh scratching and some feathers on the ground. We were on the same bench as them and I expected them to fly down and work around the hollow to us. I called a few times to them on the roost and they always responded right back. Sounded like a jake and a tom. The ended up flying across to us and probably landed about 50 yards down over the hill. We couldn't see them but could hear them drumming and they gobbled a couple of times. It probably wasn't 10-15 seconds and this bird came on a quick walk right towards us. Unfortunately it was a little to Colton's right and there was no cover between us and them. The bird was going to be in our lap in a few seconds. He moved to get on him and the bird turned and started walking to the side of us. Colton dropped him at 13 yards.
PS. took a pic with the new call from Kip that we used to call him in.
Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr
Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr
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Re: Colton's Ohio Bird
Awesome!!! Good stuff there guys. Sounds like you guys had a great time together.
Congratulations on a dandy gobbler too
Congratulations on a dandy gobbler too
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Outstanding
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Awesome!
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Awesome and congrats!
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awesome bird congrats!
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Thanks guys! It was a cool hunt and probably one we won't forget soon just because of how fast it happened.
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Nice bird! Congratulations.
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