|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558 |
OK, let me just preface this with I know turkeys aren't big game, but I'd rather post it here than the Campfire....  Nash and I went out after gobblers yesterday for the first time of the year.. The first spot we stopped and called, right away we heard a distant gobble about a mile off.. He was in the general area where we wanted to go anyway, so we headed out the ridge toward him.. We got about half way to him, and called again. Bam, he cut in right away, and was closer than we'd figured he would be. He kept gobbling, getting closer each time. We scrambled and got set up. Every time we even touched the call, he'd cut in. I started hearing spittin' and drummin' and then a big red head through the cedars at about 12 yards.. It promptly got a dose of 5 shot.... And so my Montucky turkey season lasted about 30 minutes.  it'd be nice if they all came in as good as him...... ![[Linked Image]](http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg495/mtncurman/100_1122_zpsqjvxrzpi.jpg) The caller....  ![[Linked Image]](http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg495/mtncurman/100_1134_zpsbqgewolj.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg495/mtncurman/100_1141_zpsyf6qvlhz.jpg) And we did it in blue jeans too boot....grin Ben
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,135
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 69,135 |
Nice one! And a great photo, too.
The gobblers at the Ranch were really strutting here yesterday. Going to take a couple of my nephews to hunt them here next week.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston
Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,682
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,682 |
Dandy Bird! I had to stop my jeep today to let a big Tom move out of the road! my hunt dont start for another 10 days here!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470 |
We got a few in spite of bad knees and a broken Benelli... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Mobile%20Uploads/image_67.jpeg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 78,300
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 78,300 |
GOOD deal Ben and Nash!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470 |
GOOD deal Ben and Nash! Why don't you have the decency to acknowledge my success. I am sure it hurt a lot more...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,575
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,575 |
Nice birds.. How do you break a Benelli
I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 17,757
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 17,757 |
Molon Labe
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 5,480
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 5,480 |
Bob
Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558 |
Thanks guys...
And I'll acknowledge your success Shrap, good job on the bird. Melstone country?
Ben
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470 |
Ashland, we ran over a Wyoming license plate with deer guts all over it on our way by Roundup...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,293
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 4,293 |
...those are some big honkin birds!!
Well done all three.
Trump HAD the World, ", Trump saw our children, "
Trump saw a way to make a brighter day so he started giving
There was a choice he was making, he was saving our own lives
Its true he made a brighter day for you and me. --Trump WINS 2016
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,076
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 10,076 |
Ashland, we ran over a Wyoming license plate with deer guts all over it on our way by Roundup... Interesting route. Wonder if the guy from WY wants his plate back like the guy from CO.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424
Campfire Sage
|
|
Campfire Sage
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 |
Nice job Ben and Nash.
Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424
Campfire Sage
|
|
Campfire Sage
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 |
shrap,
What happened to the Benelli?
Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 24,470 |
shrap,
What happened to the Benelli?
Dave While hiking around the charging handle fell out of the bolt, so I had to take my Swiss Army knife and open the leather punch on it and stick it into the top of a pop can in the side by side so I could grab it quick and stick it into the hole on the bolt of the Benelli to charge it in case I saw a turkey. The gun was so dirty from all the dust, it wouldn't cycle when fired and I ended up with a Benelli Super Blackeagle II Single Shot. Those are rare guns and I have one for sale... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/shotguns/DSCN2821.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/shotguns/DSCN2823.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/shotguns/DSCN2822.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424
Campfire Sage
|
|
Campfire Sage
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 |
You need to take better care of your stuff.
Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558 |
Shrap that's what you get for not taking that Damascus barreled side by side...
Last edited by mtcurman; 04/17/16.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 20,189
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 20,189 |
Nice job on the birds guys. I got a 9 1/2 incher on opening day in the Bitterroot. Headed out here in a few for bird #2.
Shrap demonstrated why I likely will never own another semi-auto...I had that happen once with my Rem 1100 while chucker hunting. I'm a pump and O/U type guy.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558
Campfire Regular
|
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,558 |
Good luck Inman! Never had an 870 fail me. I've seen all sorts of very nice semi auto's puke at inopportune times, while 870's and doubles kept on chuggin'.. A side by side with two triggers is about a reliable as they come too.
I would like a Benelli 20 gauge someday though.
|
|
|
|
|
618 members (10gaugemag, 160user, 10Glocks, 204guy, 007FJ, 01Foreman400, 75 invisible),
2,083
guests, and
1,199
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,262
Posts18,448,206
Members73,899
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image]](http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mtncurman/media/100_1122_zpsqjvxrzpi.jpg.html)
![[Linked Image]](http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mtncurman/media/100_1134_zpsbqgewolj.jpg.html)
![[Linked Image]](http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/mtncurman/media/100_1141_zpsyf6qvlhz.jpg.html)
![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/G9RDVKXr/DSCN4329.jpg)
