my first turkey hunt and turkey!

  • drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    May 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm #1272070

    i harvested my first turkey this morning! he was 23 lbs and had about a 10″ beard and 1 inch spurs. we could here him at sunrise in his roost about 6 or 7 hundred yards away and eventually watched him work his way across the field and into the pasture i was hunting. i had a small window to take him through in the brush and i crushed him. i want to thank Lee and brad swanson for helping me harvest my first bird!!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    May 2, 2011 at 4:08 pm #962613

    Congrats on a very nice bird Drew

    pool-8-lax
    La Crosse Wisconsin
    Posts: 209
    May 2, 2011 at 4:11 pm #962614

    congrats Drew!!!

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    May 2, 2011 at 4:27 pm #962627

    Details Details Details!!

    time, weather, calling, gun, shells, etc

    CONGRATS, it’s an accomplishment not to be ignored.

    drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    May 2, 2011 at 4:36 pm #962632

    i killed the bird at 6:30 after he strutted all the way in, it was windy and cool out. Lee called minimally until he hit the pasture then we just let him come, we were set up in a travel zone he was moving by working his way towards a pond. i was shooting a mossberg 12 gauge using a 3″ 5 winchester round.

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    May 2, 2011 at 4:46 pm #962635

    nice bird … for a beginner.
    seriously, thats a nice bird for anybody.
    those 3 inch mossberg 12 gauges, i got one too, put the hammer to em.

    stuwest
    Elmwood, WI
    Posts: 2254
    May 2, 2011 at 4:59 pm #962642

    were you SE of Rochester?

    drew-evans
    rochester MN
    Posts: 1099
    May 2, 2011 at 5:37 pm #962658

    nope i was between douglas and pine island, NW of rochester

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    May 2, 2011 at 5:56 pm #962667

    Congrats drew.

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    May 2, 2011 at 6:09 pm #962675

    Congrats Drew
    Glad someone had some luck for season D, mine plain sucked.

    mule170
    Bemidji
    Posts: 299
    May 2, 2011 at 6:21 pm #962680

    Congrats On your first Turkey. I still remember my first and it was an awesome feeling taking your first.

    mudneck_joe
    SE MN
    Posts: 409
    May 2, 2011 at 9:10 pm #962740

    Very nice bird. It has been a hard year for turkey hunting with the monsoons and blizzards. Glad you were able to harvest one.

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2515
    May 4, 2011 at 3:53 pm #963278

    I’ve been out last two mornings and all I’m seeing and hearing is jakes so far. Congrats on a nice bird.

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