P Hopper, your feathers are in!!

[wiperhunter2]

I was going to post this in the hunting section but since you asked. I hunted Saturday and chased those birds all over the mountain but couldn't get close enough for a shot. It snowed on me lightly but not bad. I thought the problem was that I was by myself, so today I took my son with me and that was the answer. We only hiked a half mile and spotted them, the snow was coming down hard and that kept the birds sitting tight. I got above them and my son went below. I started walking down from above with the the snow making the walking quite. When I got 75 yards away from them, my son started walking up from below. I hid and waited for them to walk by, when one of the toms was 45yds away it got nervous and flew away out of range. I waited another few minutes and another tom came walking by, this one walked right by me and it was an easy 20yd shot to the head. The bird weighed almost 18lbs. and had a 7in. beard with 1 & 1/4 inch spurs. It was only 1.5 hours from the time we left the car until we returned. What a way to make memories with your son. I tried my call a few times but the birds seemed to catch on to the call real quick and would only come a few yards before they lost interest. If this turkey taste good I'll try it again next year. WH2
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