Turkey Season

Its been quite some time since my last post. I've finally got the internet set up in my new place, so I going to make an effort to catch up on some posts with things I've been up to in the past month. For this entry, I traveled back to Bluestone to do some spring turkey hunting. It was the second Saturday and I set up for the morning. Nothing was happening, I spooked a bird off the roost around 5:45 am, so my hopes for the day were diminishing. Around 8:00am I decided to move up the mountain and call some. Around 8:15 only 200 yds from my original location I let out a few yelps and this big tom gobbled back at me. After exchanging in some calls with him, about 10-15 minutes later he came running in to my decoy. The big tom was hot, and I wasted no time taking him with my Winchester 1300 (AKA the turkey slayer) somewhere between 25-30 yds. Examining the bird, I realized it had a double beard. The big one is about 9.5" and the small one is 8". I heard a rumor it might be the first double bearded takin by a hunter at Bluestone. It weighed to my guess about 20lbs and the spurs were over an inch long.

It was good to visit the cabin and hunt with my father, and taking the tom made it even better.

Enjoy the pics.