Consolation Prize

  • illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    October 31, 2011 at 4:11 pm #211430

    hunted a few hours each day in six of the nine days of fall firearm turkey season and it was one of the toughest years in recent memory.
    my go-to spots that always held flocks of fall toms in past years were a big zero for some reason.
    covered a lot of ground and saw and talked with a lot of birds, but they were mostly hens, jennies and jakes. did come across a few toms but they were either too far away or had no interest in calls.
    finally spotted a flock of jakes in a picked bean field. worked them with calls for about an hour before pulling them close enough.
    still lots of fun, but i dont think this guy’s one inch beard will qualify for the beard board.

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    October 31, 2011 at 4:13 pm #113492

    Congrats !

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3123
    October 31, 2011 at 4:17 pm #113495

    Don’t forget you get to have him for Thanksgiving! That’s as good a prize as any. Good to see some folks getting out and after them. Plus, you got to talk to them, which is half the fun anyway. Congrats!

    Joel

    farmboy1
    Mantorville, MN
    Posts: 3668
    October 31, 2011 at 5:40 pm #113505

    It is the hard ones we remember.

    Congrats. Any Fall gobbler is a trophy in my book

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