Successful turkey opener.

[Kevin J Legg]

t was raining when I got up but I put 10 birds to bed last night

where I had earlier built a blind so I had to go. Got in early and put

out a hen in each field along a fence line. As dawn approached I could

see three birds on the roost where I left them last night about 120

yards away.Just after legal shooting time I heard a thundering gobble

from the tree right next to me. Big Tom about 25 yards up that I had

walked under when I put out a decoy. i never even called and when his

feet hit the ground he was mine. Didn't see him fly up last night or I

would never have set up that close. Scouting does pay dividends.. 9"

beard and 1 1/4 " spurs. Look kinda ratty when they are wet!

[Legacy]

[on the lam]

Congrats

[Mortigan]

[ray koziatek]

at nuttin like a long heart stopin bird comming in from a distance and having a textbook ending.................But what happened to you havin him drop in yer lap is pretty cool also, specially on a rainy poopy day ......Like you said doing yer homework puttin to bed builds that excitment of the next days hunt like a kid going to disnyland...

Good for you now take a friend out there and give him that special day............I'm free in the morning

Congrats and thanks for sharing....a short story on a long beard.....was wondering how the lack of snow would effect the beards this year.......nice spurs too......

[Kevin J Legg]

Thanks Ray, I definitely would prefer to work one in but on a rainy morning I wasn't going to pass up a golden opportunity on a nice bird that I've scouted.

[ryanrobb52]

Nice bird! Congrats! We chased kings today instead of turkeys. I will chase big bird on saturday for sure!

[Kevin J Legg]

I had another nice Tom at 25 yards this morning but he made me as I tried to slowly move the gun. Didn't want to risk a running shot.Should have been more patient and waited till he fanned and turned around.

[jasonsmith1354]

[troutman10]

Great job! Can't wait to get home for the weekend and get out turkey hunting up there. Doesn't seem like there's as many birds down here in the Southern Zone where I hunt.

[seasquirrel]

Way to go. Any way you kill a thunder chicken is a good deal

[33canuck]

Congrats bro!

[BLOCKHEAD]

Dont apologize. Im reading a teddy R book right now. The pres smashed flocks out of the roost w his crew. Lol

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[Kevin J Legg]

Yea, in Chesapeake by James Michner they shot them off the roost by moonlight! At least I let him fly out to the ground.