it's never too late

[ladyblugill]

missed the opening week due to fishing the spring derby for the first time or at least opening day anyways so got a late start on the turkeys. after more than 2 weeks of trying to lure in the only mature gobbler that i new of on our block in hilton i finally connected this morning.this bird probably didn't move much more than 500 yrds for the past 2 weeks and had no interest in my calling or decoys or anything except the hens he usually was already grouped up with.even actually got to watch him breed a few from a couple hundred yrd. away a few times.this morning was different.he gobbled away in his usual roosting area right from the jump so nothing to get excited about. but about 6 a.m. the hens came off the roost from the other side of me yelping like crazy.so i st.arted to chime in and for the first time he started moving closer.fortunately the hens beat him to my decoys and had some tense moments as i literally had them walk by me within 5 ft. and new if i spooked them it"d be over.shortly after he came gobbling and marching in from the opposite direction...alone... ...and it ended up being one of my best and amazing hunts ever...

10 inch beard

Yup...it feels like a twenty one pound laker to me!... .....actually I did weigh it

[Legacy]

nice bird

[FX]

Very nice!! Congrats.

Shawn

[mschott]

great job nice lookin' bird

[Traveling Circus]

NIce Bird and great story.......