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Title: Got me a double today!
Post by: Centex on April 19, 2015, 06:23:00 PM
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Post by: doubleo on April 19, 2015, 06:31:00 PM
Wow! Congrats! I bet there is a story that goes with this!   :campfire:
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Post by: cmh on April 19, 2015, 06:32:00 PM
Double congratulations Sir  :)
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Post by: Longbow917 on April 19, 2015, 06:32:00 PM
Nice job Centex.  I am in a blind tonight still trying for my first... ever!! My son got a hen last fall and a jake yesterday so he is 2 for 2!  Lets hear the story on the double.
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Post by: dhermon85 on April 19, 2015, 06:36:00 PM
Awesome
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Post by: pdk25 on April 19, 2015, 06:38:00 PM
Great job!
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Post by: Jayrod on April 19, 2015, 06:49:00 PM
Awesome job...CONGRATS
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Post by: Basinboy on April 19, 2015, 06:57:00 PM
That's awesome man congrats!
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Post by: stujay on April 19, 2015, 07:00:00 PM
Very Nice, Congrats!
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Post by: KSshrewman on April 19, 2015, 07:06:00 PM
Man that's sweet.  Fine shootin!
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Post by: Homey88 on April 19, 2015, 07:14:00 PM
Congrats to you!
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Post by: Brianlocal3 on April 19, 2015, 07:24:00 PM
Great job Bill
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Post by: Biathlonman on April 19, 2015, 07:27:00 PM
Now you're just showing off!
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Post by: Centex on April 19, 2015, 07:38:00 PM
Honestly it was nothing more than dumb luck. I could have actually shot three!  It makes up for the four toms I missed last spring.  I get a late start and the toms were already pretty vocal on the roost.  I have had several uneventful sits this season and the last Tom I had seen was a week before the opener while I was hog hunting.  My pop up was 30 yards from the road at the mouth of a creek which opens up into a large field. I was really close to two roosts. I heard both roost empty, but they both went back up the creek in the opposite direction. My hog feeder is 200 yards up the creek.  I sat patiently with a lone he decoy and decided not to call till I heard closer action or saw birds in the field. First bird was an albino hen crossing the field closely followed by another lone hen.  Five minutes passed and I saw a Tom running with his head down.  Gave the call a tickle but he didn't care.  Tried the call,again and it felt like the whole woods behind me blow up.  It took forever for the toms to come in. I heard them struggling and purring for at least ten minutes. In retrospect the wait was good because it gave me time to calm my nerves.  The two toms gave in together and I shot the first one to turn its back. He just walked off with an arrow in his rear like no big deal. In my head I could hear Bisch, "you better have a string tracker!"  I started to stress a little and thought chasing after him. I started looking through the small opening of my blind to see where he would end up.  Then I saw his buddy in full strut checking out another hen. So I thought "when in Rome" and gave a small cluck.  He came right in and I laid him in his tracks.  I set me bow down to get out and a third Tom came in and jumped all over the dead second tom.  I thought about going for a triple but i figured that would be excessive and to appreciate the gift that God had already given me.  So I took a short film of him playing king of the hill on his dead comrade.  I got out and started searching for the first Tom. I walked all over the place. Checked both roosts, checked my feeder area checked the creek.  20 minutes later  I circled back to my blind and he was 10 yards behind my blind in some bushes.  I feel truly blessed.
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Post by: huskyarcher on April 19, 2015, 07:55:00 PM
Wow! Hunt of a lifetime! Congrats!
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Post by: varmint101 on April 19, 2015, 08:18:00 PM
Great shootin congrats!
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Post by: Son of Texas on April 19, 2015, 08:21:00 PM
Congrats!!! That's awesome.   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Kopper1013 on April 19, 2015, 08:22:00 PM
Congrats!! One is awesome but two...wow
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Post by: wooddamon1 on April 19, 2015, 08:25:00 PM
Congrats!
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Post by: PaPaFrank on April 19, 2015, 08:26:00 PM
Wow!  That's pretty incredible ...Congrats!!
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Post by: Jwilliam on April 19, 2015, 08:38:00 PM
Very cool !!! Congrats


Bill
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Post by: Green on April 19, 2015, 08:53:00 PM
Congrats Bill!
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Post by: monsterbuck on April 19, 2015, 08:58:00 PM
Congrats.
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Post by: kennym on April 19, 2015, 09:04:00 PM
Great job!!  :clapper:
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Post by: Stump73 on April 19, 2015, 09:22:00 PM
Congratulations!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 19, 2015, 09:39:00 PM
Well done. Most of us just want one to come in range....
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Post by: on April 19, 2015, 10:29:00 PM
Way to go Bill!

You know, if you had had the string tracker on your bow, you would not have had the stress of thinking you might lose that first bird.

Just sayin'!

Congrats again, my friend!

Bisch
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Post by: KyStickbow on April 20, 2015, 05:54:00 AM
Great job brother!
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Post by: hunthold on April 20, 2015, 07:56:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: RAU on April 20, 2015, 08:19:00 AM
Congrats!!
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Post by: zepnut on April 20, 2015, 08:32:00 AM
Nice job.
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Post by: hitmantoto on April 20, 2015, 08:36:00 AM
Nice, Congrats!
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on April 20, 2015, 08:38:00 AM
Winner!
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Post by: DanielB89 on April 20, 2015, 09:05:00 AM
Where are all these turkeys when i'm in the woods?  HAHA.  I am yet to see a turkey while hunting.

Congrats on your kills though!!!
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Post by: 2nocks on April 20, 2015, 09:13:00 AM
well done! Nice birds, congrats!
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Post by: bruinman on April 20, 2015, 09:30:00 AM
Awesome!!
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Post by: mangonboat on April 20, 2015, 09:49:00 AM
That's a good day of hunting!
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Post by: Longbow58 on April 20, 2015, 09:51:00 AM
Congrats!
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Post by: DennyK on April 20, 2015, 02:37:00 PM
Good For You!
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Post by: Big Lefty on April 20, 2015, 05:44:00 PM
Nice shooting!
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Post by: KYArcher on April 20, 2015, 08:18:00 PM
Congrats    :thumbsup:
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Post by: twitchstick on April 22, 2015, 12:02:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Post by: ChetterB on April 22, 2015, 07:50:00 AM
Fantastic thanks for sharing and congrats!!!
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Post by: Michael Arnette on April 22, 2015, 09:20:00 PM
Very Nice!!!
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Post by: snakebit40 on April 23, 2015, 05:56:00 PM
Very cool, CONGRATS!!!

Just FYI go to the sponcer classifieds and Chad Orde makes a fantastic string tracker. I HIGHLY recommend one!

Congrats again on the birds!
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Post by: Car54 on April 23, 2015, 07:53:00 PM
Winner Winner Turkey Dinner!
Nice job.