My first bird back from taxidermist
03-04-2012, 04:01 PM
#15
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 36
Its actually a story you wouldnt believe. I ran into my cousins husband while out to lunch on a friday afternoon. He asked what I was getting into I told him hunting in the morning. He said Im headed up tonight, come to my land. He said you've been up there before right? of course I hadnt so I took him up on the offer.
I skirted a large field and settled in about 40 yards down from the top corner of the field, tossed out some decoys then climbed through a barbed wire fence lined with short 4-5 ft cedar trees. Did a few calls and just waited, about 30 minutes later he came and crossed the corner of the field and started strutting up and down the fence line. No way I could get a shot through the thick cedars. It took about 5-6 minutes but each time he strutted away from me, I slid on my belly through the barbed wire.
Finally got through far enough I could push the gun up through the cedar tree and pull the trigger when he turned around to face me the final time.
To end the story, I had to get a new turkey vest from getting pretty much ripped into from the barbed wire and about 3 bottles of calamine lotion for the poison oak I was laying in.
For my first encounter with a turkey at all, it was pretty unique and exciting.
I skirted a large field and settled in about 40 yards down from the top corner of the field, tossed out some decoys then climbed through a barbed wire fence lined with short 4-5 ft cedar trees. Did a few calls and just waited, about 30 minutes later he came and crossed the corner of the field and started strutting up and down the fence line. No way I could get a shot through the thick cedars. It took about 5-6 minutes but each time he strutted away from me, I slid on my belly through the barbed wire.
Finally got through far enough I could push the gun up through the cedar tree and pull the trigger when he turned around to face me the final time.
To end the story, I had to get a new turkey vest from getting pretty much ripped into from the barbed wire and about 3 bottles of calamine lotion for the poison oak I was laying in.
For my first encounter with a turkey at all, it was pretty unique and exciting.
03-05-2012, 08:21 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pa
Posts: 4,647
Man wish I could but i've got to get my ol lady to do that stuff and she HATES these forums lol...
I have a table saw and just bought some pine shelving boards and rippped them and used wood glue and big clamps and bought some plexiglass...
little hint thoe... You prob will have to assemble it in you place you want to put it because that thing is huge and prob wont fit threw most door openings lol
I found out the hard way lol