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Offline hesseltine32

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Another Gobbler Down.
« on: Apr 10, 2021, 02:13:16 PM »
Headed south to Va as it opens earlier then Md and had a quick hunt this morning. Set up on a ridge and listened and heard a bird gobbling in the dark. Headed that way and noticed there were a few birds gobbling, set up roughly 100 yards from them in the tree.  Was misty and foggy so was easy to sneak in close.  Birds gobbled heavy on the roost then shut up once they flew down. Held tight for 30 mins and noticed they were moving down the ridge to our left when one shock gobbled at a crow. We made a move and set up ahead of them and made a few calls and they got fired up gobbling hard and had 2 gobblers come in.  Little mix up on what bird we were each going to shoot so I ended up having to take a running shot on mine but all worked out.  Spent a few hours after scouting and looking for morels. No morels but did see two gobblers in a field on the property next door and found a shed.





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Re: Opening Morning Double
« Reply #1 on: Apr 10, 2021, 02:59:41 PM »
Awesome Job guy's congradulations Cody


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Re: Opening Morning Double
« Reply #2 on: Apr 10, 2021, 05:25:13 PM »
Sweet! Nice shooting!
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Re: Opening Morning Double
« Reply #3 on: Apr 11, 2021, 01:21:46 AM »
That’s awesome..
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Re: Opening Morning Double
« Reply #4 on: Apr 11, 2021, 08:16:04 AM »
Very nice Cody, sounds like a fun day.
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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #5 on: Apr 12, 2021, 06:41:04 AM »
Thanks everybody. Went out Sunday and had some luck as well. Rained all night and quit just before daylight and the birds were really fired up this morning gobbled non stop til about 9 when my buddy shot one. Took a while to move in on them and then wait them out as they were out in a private field, but after moving a few times we were able to pull one in.




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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #6 on: Apr 12, 2021, 07:18:31 AM »
Awesome!
It's not being cocky if you can back it up!

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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #7 on: Apr 12, 2021, 08:56:04 AM »
Nice looking birds great job!!18 days and counting for here!!

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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #8 on: Apr 12, 2021, 04:42:21 PM »
Sweet Cody


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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #9 on: Apr 13, 2021, 05:46:18 PM »
Thanks everybody. Headed back down Saturday to try to see if I can get on them again.

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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #10 on: Apr 13, 2021, 05:47:38 PM »
Nice looking birds great job!!18 days and counting for here!!

Good luck. Planning to come up memorial weekend again to hunt. Like the latter part of the season in the Adks. Birds tend to be pretty fired up if the weather is good.

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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #11 on: Apr 13, 2021, 05:52:29 PM »
Good luck. Planning to come up memorial weekend again to hunt. Like the latter part of the season in the Adks. Birds tend to be pretty fired up if the weather is good.

They def get lonely and chatty here the last week and the best part, everyone quit or tagged out. Though the weight is down a lot of old birds show that week
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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #12 on: Apr 14, 2021, 05:25:30 AM »
That is awesome, nice job!

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Re: Opening Morning Double (Sundays update)
« Reply #13 on: Apr 14, 2021, 05:26:42 AM »
Very nice..👍
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Re: Another Gobbler Down.
« Reply #14 on: Apr 17, 2021, 02:38:51 PM »
Took a ride down to va again this morning. Was a quick hunt. Walking in I heard a bird gobble in the far corner of the property. I made my way over while this bird kept gobbling and set up pretty close to him. Made two calls to him on the roost and he pitched down 50 yards in front of me and strutted into 30 when I shot him.

Heavy bird ended up have 3 beards. Need to get a set of scales.





 


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