Posted: 4/20/2007 3:42:20 PM EDT
I am proud of this one for sure. He does not measure real big, but his beard came out at 8 1/2"(220mm) and 1" (25mm) spurs. I would guess he was about 20 pounds on the foot. I am proud, because of the way I got him. After calling all morning with no luck I went to scout. Found this guy with a hen in a tall grass field. Now as you can see in the pics I don't have good camo on, in fact only my hat is camo. I crept up to about 150 yards and hid on the other side of a levee only popping up to glass the area. I called for a bit and he started moving towards me. I literally crawled on my stomach about 50 yards in about 1 foot tall grass until I got to a good spot. He finally got to about 40 yards when I let him have it! It was a head on shot and I launched 2oz of #4 copper at him and he dropped like a rock! Talk about a golden BB , there was one pellet hole in the top of his head and a few in non vital areas. And yes I am going to buy a much tighter tube than a factory Rem turkey tube. He is on the grill as I type this.     |
You should be proud. Last year I belly crawled on one and smoked him at 14 yds. My dad got the entire thing on video. I thought it was the biggest hunting feat I'd ever pull off, of course, I didn't have my urban camo Levi's and T-shirt like you, so I guess you win!!. |
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