IdahoBugler
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Well a few of us from work finally headed up for the annual turkey hunt. We did really well this year with the taking of 3 birds in 2 days. There is one guy left that needs to get his bird and he had a full day left to hunt. We called in so many birds it wasn't funny. WileCoyote and I had 6 toms gobbling less then 15 yeards from us for a good 30 minutes trying to figure out what was going on. WileCoyote would of been done the first day out but a low hanging limb blocked any shot he had. It was alright because the next morning we came in and had one of the best mornings I've had while turkey hunting. I put up my double bull blind and 4 of us sat in it and watched the show. WileCoyote started the killing off with a 45 yard shot. Chops also shot but was unable to connect on his bird.
With bird one down we went to look for others. I spotted a big tom strutting his stuff up a valley and headed up solo for him. I've noticed, though not as fun, that the best way to get these older toms when hen'd up is to ambush them. I was in position and waited for about 1 hour before the tom presented a shot. I had his hens less then 5 yards around me for 45 minutes and was lucky enough to not get pegged. Spurs are a hair under 1" and sports an 8.5" bird.
We spotted this guy in a bad spot for a setup in the evening so we let him live for another night.
But the next morning he wouldn't be so lucky. Nice mature tom with a paintbrush for a beard but only 6" long with a little under 1" spurs. Congrats Scott.
Good luck Chops and hopefully you guys will get his bird to cap off an awesome weekend.
We also saw 7 bears on the first day out. Here is the only pics I got of ones that were less then 60 yards away.
With bird one down we went to look for others. I spotted a big tom strutting his stuff up a valley and headed up solo for him. I've noticed, though not as fun, that the best way to get these older toms when hen'd up is to ambush them. I was in position and waited for about 1 hour before the tom presented a shot. I had his hens less then 5 yards around me for 45 minutes and was lucky enough to not get pegged. Spurs are a hair under 1" and sports an 8.5" bird.
We spotted this guy in a bad spot for a setup in the evening so we let him live for another night.
But the next morning he wouldn't be so lucky. Nice mature tom with a paintbrush for a beard but only 6" long with a little under 1" spurs. Congrats Scott.
Good luck Chops and hopefully you guys will get his bird to cap off an awesome weekend.
We also saw 7 bears on the first day out. Here is the only pics I got of ones that were less then 60 yards away.
. If I would have had a shot I think all 6 would have been taken out in 1 shot since they hung together like prairie dogs. 
