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Post by cspot on Apr 29, 2018 19:32:56 GMT -5
Always wanted to pull off a double with one of the kids and we finally did. We were set up in the morning in a blind overlooking a field. However the gobblers weren't in the hollow below us where we expected them. Behind us we heard quite a bit of gobbling on the roost. A little after flydown it became apparent that a couple of gobblers from behind us were headed our way. Didn't take the longbeards long at all to close the distance to us. Colton let them get around nicely in front of us, but then he blew a 20 yard shot. Probably because he was shaking badly. LOL. The birds ran out about 75 yards from us and stopped. I got back on the call and started calling aggressively towards them. The one that he didn't shoot at started gobbling and strutting and got pretty fired up. He even started our way a little bit. All of sudden we heard another bird coming in from behind us. The 2 in front of us started getting nervous and headed the other way. A long beard, a jake, and I think a jake without a beard came around us from the left. The long beard was further out, but the other 2 were in range. I told him to be careful as I wasn't sure if the one had a beard. He said well the front one does. The long beard was ignoring our decoys and I think was headed to the other gobblers to run them out of there. Well all 3 stopped for a second and I thought he was shooting at the lead jake. Turns out we had our signals crossed and he shoots the longbeard. We ranged it afterwards and it was at 50 yards. Pretty good poke with a 20 gauge. Anyone that bird drops and the jakes run out to about 40. I gave it a few seconds to make sure the longbeard was staying down. He handed the gun over and I dropped the one that had a beard. After my shot there was actually another gobbler that was coming from behind us, but we got out to inspect our kills. All in all it was an exciting morning. I told him we could have both had longbeards if he hadn't had missed the 1st one. LOL. His had a 9" beard.  Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr  Untitled by cspot12, on Flickr |
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Post by davet on Apr 29, 2018 21:34:43 GMT -5
Very nice!!
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Post by turkeykiller on Apr 30, 2018 3:10:30 GMT -5
Congrats to both! Great job and great story,
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Post by Loggy on Apr 30, 2018 5:54:45 GMT -5
CONGRATS CS & Colton!! Enjoyed your report! Makes me wunder why I'm carrin a big 12ga 3.5" cannon!!  |
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Post by ridgecommander on Apr 30, 2018 6:46:42 GMT -5
Great job guys. A double is not an easy task. Congrats!
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Post by dougell on Apr 30, 2018 7:25:10 GMT -5
Great morning.
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Post by dougell on Apr 30, 2018 7:25:54 GMT -5
CONGRATS CS & Colton!! Enjoyed your report! Makes me wunder why I'm carrin a big 12ga 3.5" cannon!! Ain't no reason to anymore.I don't even own a 12ga. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2018 8:06:38 GMT -5
Congrats cspot!
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Post by rem700 on Apr 30, 2018 12:16:32 GMT -5
Congrats to the both of you very good story  |
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Post by Dutch on Apr 30, 2018 16:36:55 GMT -5
Nice going, sounds like they had a death wish.
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Post by cspot on Apr 30, 2018 18:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by Loggy on Apr 30, 2018 19:08:55 GMT -5
Yep CS I'm shooting like you... the older Federal #7 Heavyweights out of my 12 ga. As I have 2 12 ga 870's, 1 A-5 12ga plus a Browning Gold 12 and a CZ512 12 Semi... not gonna switch to a 20ga at this point. The gas operated semis are pretty recoil friendly plus more adaptable to some future waterfowling. |
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Post by cspot on Apr 30, 2018 19:12:09 GMT -5
Yep CS I'm shooting like you... the older Federal #7 Heavyweights out of my 12 ga. As I have 2 12 ga 870's, 1 A-5 12ga plus a Browning Gold 12 and a CZ512 12 Semi... not gonna switch to a 20ga at this point. The gas operated semis are pretty recoil friendly plus more adaptable to some future waterfowling. I see with the new TSS loads they are actually using #9 shot. They say you get the same penetration as #5 shot at all ranges and about double the pellet count. I will probably move to those shells when I run out of the old Heavyweights. Downside is those are about $6 or so per shell. Ouch. Don't want to miss many turkeys at that price. LOL. |
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Post by bushmaster on Apr 30, 2018 19:17:30 GMT -5
Nice birds! Congrats to both of you.
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Post by Loggy on Apr 30, 2018 19:23:02 GMT -5
CS...if you are considering staying with the original Fed HW's...check out: Rogers
I bought a case from them for $199.99($4/shell) with free shipping. Don't know if all loads are still available. Federal referred me to Rogers when I called about them discontinuing their Heavyweights. |
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