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renegade50: Sweet looking bird. I've heard there's really good hunting up in your area. Thanks for posting the pictures. Congratulations and good luck with your upcoming hunts. Hopefully I'll go this weekend. Thanks again for the pics. - tnscouter

That's a great photo! Bob

gunnut308: That is a cool picture and a great looking bird. How did you get the fan to stay spread out like that for the picture? Also were you using any decoys when you got this turkey? Thanks for posting the pic and congratulations. - tnscouter

Thanks guys!

Find a good size tree about a foot wide, spread the turkeys legs to straddle the tree. Then spread the fan and jamb his ass to the tree and adjust the fan.

No decoy... I've tagged the last eight gobblers without a decoy. Not that they don't work because they definitely get Old Toms attention. Bout the only time I take a decoy is when I have a kid with me, just to take the birds off of a fidgety youngster.

If I had fields or clearings where I hunt I'd use them for sure.

Old dead falls work too. One of my fav pics

gunnut308: That second picture is top notch. I'm going to try that with the next bird i get. Thanks for posting. - tnscouter

Here's my Colorado Arkansas River Rio Grande tom, from this morning. Called him in from across the river, came running into my Primos Gobstopper Jake and hen decoys without hesitation. Shot him at 7:55 AM. This is the second tom I have killed at this exact location.

Congrats on a nice bird! What part of Colorado?

Here is my hen and Jake decoy setup, 20-25 yards from my brush blind. Tom came into these dekes at a dead run. These Rios really seem to like open spaces during the spring to do their stuff.

gunnut,

My farm is located near Manzanola, CO, between Manzanola and Rocky Ford, out on the eastern plains.

Great photos---Keep them coming. I had one working this AM but................Maybe next weekend.

Here's one I got the 2nd weekend of the season. 18.5 lb Rio, 9' beard and 1 1/8" and 1" spurs.



The pup waited in the truck while I hunted. The day before it was 22 degrees with a 35 mph wind gusting to 50. This morning it was 'only' 33 degrees and a light wind. Welcome to Texas.

Turkey with Grandson - His first with his new Orion 12 ga - Link to pix and story on Parker Site:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23791

Bighorn: That is a beautiful bird. I like the pic of your setup. Thanks for posting this and congratulations on a great turkey. - tnscouter

Bbear: Nice turkey. How did the cold weather impact, if at all, the turkeys? I was out on a cold day the other week and didn't hear or see any. Congratulations on the fine turkey and thanks for posting the picture.

crshelton: Great story and nice turkey. I'm sure your grandson was as excited as you. You're lucky to share that time with him and he is lucky to have you. Thanks for posting and congratulations to your grandson. - tnscouter

Fellows thanks for all the pictures and stories. The response is better than I expected.

I like to peruse the Hunter's Campfire forum but I really enjoy the hunting stories and pictures.

Keep the pictures and stories coming. It really adds to the enjoyment of a short season by seeing how well others are doing. It's also inspirational when you're out there for hours hearing nothing.

Looking forward to pictures from all the hunters just getting started. -tnscouter

tnscouter - They stayed in their tree until full sunrise. They then flew down into the middle of an open hay field and worked right down the middle of it. They never came close to the edge where I was. I was back in the house by 8:30. Then went back out again around 10:30 to silence.
The next day, they flew down and walked right down the edge (of course, I was on the OTHER edge). I worked around in front of them and ambushed him. About a 50 yard shot as a couple of hens got leery of the large 'bump' at the base of the tree.

Took this one last Friday. Hybrid w/ 9 3/4" beard, 1 3/8" hooks, and 23#.