28ga Early Virginia spoke at 6:40am today

[kenfoerst]

Great job! Thanks for posting, I really enjoy reading about your adventures. Also, I can appreciate the satisfaction that you get when sharing your bounty with the needy family.

 

[MosinRob]

Way to go man! I'm hoping I get a opportunity to take one with my 10 gauge this year.

 

[TLanoy]

Awesome story and bird! Congratulations. :hatsoff:

 

[kingsax26]

im impressed! ive tried calling turkeys in ...and Ive gone with people who said they were practically pros at it...I ahve yet to see a turkey in the woods while hunting .. drive to NY show me how its done

 

[agill]

:hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

im impressed! ive tried calling turkeys in ...and Ive gone with people who said they were practically pros at it...I ahve yet to see a turkey in the woods while hunting .. drive to NY show me how its done

Well, you have to remember, you only see / hear about the successful trips like this one was...we usually don't post about all the times we come home empty handed, LOL.
Like today...from first light to right now typing this post, I haven't heard a single gobble.
Also remember, your odds improve if you hunt "where they area" so there's a big premium on preseason scouting / locating them.
And be patient...it'll happen...if it was easy there would be no appeal to it

 

[BrownBear]

Just so it's clear, I don't care one bit about how you choose to hunt or what you do with your game...not one bit.
:thumbsup:

It's an honorable tradition up here for folks to provide for those in need. In the villages without grocery stores, no one talks about "my" game and takes it all home for themselves. It's "our" game, and the poor and elderly always get the first cuts.

You'd make a dandy Alaskan with your insights on how the world works. :applause:

 

[roundball]

04/12/14 - 6:40am

Finally got the video processing / uploading to a host figured out...this is a brief clip from early Saturday morning when I finally decided not to risk waiting for him to come into the camera's field of view...took him at a 45* angle across the front of the camera lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...I2U&feature=youtu.be

 

[Britsmoothy]

The smoke and fire was enough for me :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

Yeah, video is going to add another good element to hunting with smoke poles

 

[bowkill]

way to go dude, killed one a couple years ago with my smoothbore [which i sold like a jack wagon]but in the works to build another.Trying with a longbow right now with no luck yet.

 

[Skychief]

Alright Roundball! :thumbsup:

Feels good don't it? :haha:

Glad your experiment went well. :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

Took the 28ga EVA out to try and duplicate it this morning, had a gobbler respond to the call a couple times around 8:30 - 9:00, 75-100yds away, then went quiet and never showed...suspect he had some hens already.

But usually nature provides us with memorable events on otherwise unsuccessful days...got a close-up video of a Hen Turkey. Hen surprised me coming along right in front of me”¦pecking and clucking along.

NOTE: I used the new “Stealth Cluck-Suppression Wireless Audio”

(a.k.a ”“ some idiot had not plugged in the MIC cable when setting up in the dark this morning !!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5LwY2wEEU

 

[Trench]

Roundball, did you use your 100gr powder charge out of this smoothie that you developed last year. I have to admit, I winced at a .530 ball over 100gr for turkey. How did the body/meat damage turn out?

 

[roundball]

No, I decided last year to just stay with the 90grn charge of Goex 3F. (my deer load)
The way I ended hp taking this shot was from rear to front, straight through the vitals that are in an unusual location compared to a lot of game we go after...so there really wasn't any major meat damage at all...just the little exit area at the beard root, size of a quarter.

 

[roundball]

Took the 28ga EVA out to try and duplicate it this morning, had a gobbler respond to the call a couple times around 8:30 - 9:00, 75-100yds away, then went quiet and never showed...suspect he had some hens already.

But usually nature provides us with memorable events on otherwise unsuccessful days...got a close-up video of a Hen Turkey. Hen surprised me coming along right in front of me”¦pecking and clucking along.

NOTE: I used the new “Stealth Cluck-Suppression Wireless Audio”

(a.k.a ”“ some idiot had not plugged in the MIC cable when setting up in the dark this morning !!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5LwY2wEEU

Well...I'm embarrassed...I had the MIC cable plugged it after all...I just had the volume on my PC turned down !!
The clucks are there...

 

[azmntman]

Keep at it! When it happens it may convert you to a "turkey hunting" as a favorite like me! When it works it works well, when it don't ya wont get a turkey PERIOD!

Over calling is a big mistake and remember them big birds will see you BLINK and take off, absolute stillness is the key to closing the deal!

And now I really MUST get a smoothbore! Nice hunt and bird and God bless ya for helping out folks!