Sherbune Thunder Chicken 3-25-14

[specktator]

Came back for last day. Use a pirogue to get across slough. Get right on top of one and he's hot. Hits the ground and BOOM. Another hunter shot him. Thought for sure after crossing that bayou no one would be around me. But...that's public land hunting. Still was fun.

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by specktator

Came back for last day. Use a pirogue to get across slough. Get right on top of one and he's hot. Hits the ground and BOOM. Another hunter shot him. Thought for sure after crossing that bayou no one would be around me. But...that's public land hunting. Still was fun.

Ouch. Hate that. Nice bird tho. I went opening morning and didn't hear a bird. Hunted til noon.
Going try a new spot Saturday. Hopefully they will be firin up a little up there this weekend. Discouraging not seeing a bird. Not to mention a pile of feathers from a youth the weekend before.

[Salty]

Pretty gobbler, Seth.

Tote 'em out head first and you don't screw up the fan.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Salty

Pretty gobbler, Seth.

Tote 'em out head first and you don't screw up the fan.

I got too many fans.
I just keep beard and spurs. Already got one mounted flying that takes up half my game room. And another one strutting that my dog chewed the beak off

[duckman1911]

Originally Posted by specktator

I got too many fans.
I just keep beard and spurs. Already got one mounted flying that takes up half my game room. And another one strutting that my dog chewed the beak off

Dog still alive? Wouldnt be if it was mine.

[Crawl79]

Originally Posted by specktator

Came back for last day. Use a pirogue to get across slough. Get right on top of one and he's hot. Hits the ground and BOOM. Another hunter shot him. Thought for sure after crossing that bayou no one would be around me. But...that's public land hunting. Still was fun.

They either missed or didn't check that bird out. We were at the check station later that day to check in our buddies second bird.

Crazy they only killed 6 birds and half of the birds killed were in the same area.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Crawl79

They either missed or didn't check that bird out. We were at the check station later that day to check in our buddies second bird.

Crazy they only killed 6 birds and half of the birds killed were in the same area.

Man I honestly thought the turkey was still in the tree when he shot. Very possible that he shot him out the tree but you never know. He shot once, right around 7am. I killed that one the day before at 7:30 and he hadn't been out tree long. The shot was no more than 150-200 yards from me right where gobbler was gobbling from. Had another one still gobbling across another slough but we had to double back to get there. By time we got there he was gone. I was trying to get one for my buddy. He's never killed one. He was crushed yesterday when that shot went off. We thought for sure we had him.

[Crawl79]

Yes if you thought that bird was still in the tree when the shot went off good chance he was. It's too bad but that's the way it is sometimes on public land birds in La. Makes it that much sweeter when you get him.

We had to cross the bayou to get to the one we got yesterday. From Lance's scouting trips the bird had been roosted across the bayou but flying across to our side. Yesterday he flew down and started walking away. By the time he got the boat and I stayed on bayou to listen to him it sounded like he was headed back to the roost tree. We got in the woods and hit the call. We heard him gobble a ways off but closed the distance to 150 or so. He gobbled, we set up and he came in gobbling and strutting.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Crawl79

Yes if you thought that bird was still in the tree when the shot went off good chance he was. It's too bad but that's the way it is sometimes on public land birds in La. Makes it that much sweeter when you get him.

We had to cross the bayou to get to the one we got yesterday. From Lance's scouting trips the bird had been roosted across the bayou but flying across to our side. Yesterday he flew down and started walking away. By the time he got the boat and I stayed on bayou to listen to him it sounded like he was headed back to the roost tree. We got in the woods and hit the call. We heard him gobble a ways off but closed the distance to 150 or so. He gobbled, we set up and he came in gobbling and strutting.

That's awesome. I love it out there. Birds are so much more cooperative than those damn "hill" turkeys I got in St Francisville and MS. It's so hard to move on em. Wish it was open till Sunday.

Headed to South Carolina Monday night with my buddy Lane to hunt with some friends he has out there. They say they have tons of them.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by specktator

That's awesome. I love it out there. Birds are so much more cooperative than those damn "hill" turkeys I got in St Francisville and MS. It's so hard to move on em. Wish it was open till Sunday.

Headed to South Carolina Monday night with my buddy Lane to hunt with some friends he has out there. They say they have tons of them.

Hillbillies are the toughest. You'll find out just how dedicated you are as a hunter if that's all you got. I was always amazed at how much easier it seemed to kill swamp gobblers. Of course, swamp hunters say the opposite. That tells me they've never hunted hillbillies.

[Top Dawg]

Originally Posted by Salty

Hillbillies are the toughest. You'll find out just how dedicated you are as a hunter if that's all you got. I was always amazed at how much easier it seemed to kill swamp gobblers. Of course, swamp hunters say the opposite. That tells me they've never hunted hillbillies.

Hunted the hills last weekend. Didn't hear nor see one bird.