One For a Friend

[ronin]

OK guys...I took a friend of mine out today for his 2nd turkey hunt ever. His first was rained out last week.

We set up under a low hanging oak at 0545 on the anticipated flock path for the morning. I've been patterning the birds for a week to ensure my friend, Greg, got a good bird. Wouldn't ya know it? They decided to land in another field within 100 yards of us and go the other way. Gobbler's law of turkey hunting relativity I guess.

I tried bossing the lead hen around but she didn't care. She simply led the Tom in another direction. When he started to respond to my call she would conveniently postion herself to the rear yet between us. Unbelievable.

Once the flock was out of sight, I grabbed Greg and we high tailed it around the hill to a small saddle that I knew they would have to cross. We sat down just in time to see the lead hen pop her head over the horizon. She didn't like something becasue she popped a few times and led the flock up the hill across from us. Didn't matter, though. 5-6 more hens passed by followed by a very nice Tom. Greg took him at about 35 yards with a Benelli 3.5" and #4 HevyShot. The feathers are a little ragged looking because he was soaking wet.

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[turkeygirl]

Congrats to your friend on a fine bird!

[Ohiobucks]

Congrats to you and your friend Jeff, nice bird! Always helps to know the lay of the land and draw on past experience.

[RyanH]

Man thats a awesome bird! Congrats!

[Rhino]

Congrats to you and your buddy ronin. Very nice bird for his 2nd ever hunt.

[gobblergetter15]

Pretty good for a second hunt! Congrats

[MossySNPR]

Thats what its all about, cong.

[RatherBowHunt]

Awesome hunt and a great bird to go along with it!

[ketchum]

Nice job!

[James7xChamp3]

Congrats to your friend! Sounded like a fun hunt!

[slughunter]

thats a nice bird

[boomer]

Congrats on the bird guys

[6sixpoint_nobrows]

good looking bird!! awesome job!! congrats!

[bigmacz71]

That is a good story and i bet you felt good when you saw that gobbler come over that hill and not follow that lead gobbler.

Nice bird you can't really beat that for a first hunt

[maytom]

WTG on a dandy bird!!