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Well, after taking my first double bearded bird yesterday I wasn't sure what to expect this morning... especially with all this wind!! I setup further back in the open field I took yesterday's bird and wait. Much better gobbling this morning vs. yesterday. Birds started hammering about 5:45 and they didn't stop even after fly down for me. My blind was facing the west and I had 2 birds hammering all morning to my south about 100 yards away on a hillside, but they never headed my way... I was cutting and yelping like crazy and they would answer every time. Never saw them as they continued to gobble heading west. I just shut down and they finally stopped hammering about 7:15 and by then I had one hen visit my setup and spotted a couple more hens out in the open field. A little before 8 a bird to my south gobbled once and he sounded close.... I gave a few yelps and purrs on my slate call and I glanced over and here he comes. Once he spots the Jake he makes a bee line right for him and starts puffing up right next to the Jake decoy. Lights out about 8:15! My Jake decoy took a few for the team, but no major damage! Not sure if one of those birds circled back or this was a satellite gobbler sneaking in to all the "hens" he heard earlier! 22lbs with what's left of a 9" Beard (with some beard funk) & 3/4" & 1" spurs.

Now it's time for some Hillbilly Bonefish on the fly!!!

YA BETTER NOT GET CAUGHT SHOOTING THOSE TURKEY'S ON THAT TURKEY FARM. NICE BIRD, THEY MUST BE PLENTIFUL IN KY. THIS YEAR. SO FAR I HAVE ONLY SEEN 1 HEN HERE ON THE SOUTH FORTY, USUALLY THERE SEVERAL DOZ. IN AND AROUND THE SOD FIELDS.
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SEMPER FI

FUTCHCAIRO wrote:YA BETTER NOT GET CAUGHT SHOOTING THOSE TURKEY'S ON THAT TURKEY FARM. NICE BIRD, THEY MUST BE PLENTIFUL IN KY. THIS YEAR. SO FAR I HAVE ONLY SEEN 1 HEN HERE ON THE SOUTH FORTY, USUALLY THERE SEVERAL DOZ. IN AND AROUND THE SOD FIELDS.
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SEMPER FI

We've had some decent hatches for a couple of years here. The past couple of years our farm and the neighboring farms have had quite a few birds on them. I'm thankful I've got a place to hunt like this!!! Very blessed!

Amazing! I was born in Sunfish, Kentucky in Edmonson County and never saw a turkey all through the fifties through the eighties.