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Post by racheldonahue on Apr 29, 2008 12:38:28 GMT -5
Hi all, As i said in the "About yourself" section, I started a profile so I could post things for my dad, David Hamilton.  Feel free to send me any messages you'd like me to pass along. Here are some pics of the turkey he killed this past Saturday morning. Killed in Charles County, 23 lbs., 11 inch beard, 1 1/8" spurs.   |
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Apr 29, 2008 13:27:50 GMT -5
Nice bird!!! ;D
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Post by branson on Apr 29, 2008 13:29:20 GMT -5
Very nice bird. So, how'd it all go down? Every hunting trip has a story : )
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Post by racheldonahue on Apr 29, 2008 14:05:08 GMT -5
I'll get the story from him!  I'll be posting soon. |
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Post by justsand on Apr 29, 2008 17:25:49 GMT -5
very nice looking bird congrats
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Post by Rommel on Apr 30, 2008 6:48:34 GMT -5
Congrats. on a nice bird
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Post by racheldonahue on Apr 30, 2008 7:01:12 GMT -5
So i got the story last night, here it is word for word. Enjoy "Saturday morning I heard the bird gobbling around 5:30am, before it was light out. I moved in on him within about a hundred yards. I waited till the sun started to come up before I started calling again. Then I realized it was two birds, they were gobbling real good for me from up in a tree. They flew down out of the tree after about a half hour. I kept calling to them and next thing you know another bird flew in, a hen bird. Then they got together and she led them across the woods away from me, like always. I heard another bird about 400 yards away on another ridge. By the time I got to him he had stopped gobbling, he must've got a hen too. So i sat there about a half hour, letting the woods quiet down. I decided to go back after the birds i heard first. I went back to the same spot, made one call and I heard a bird gobble about 200 yards away, from across the swamp. I figured he still had some hens because he wouldnt fire up. I sat there and waited another half hour before i decided to go down my four wheeler trail in their direction. About 150 yards. I stopped, made a call and the bird gobbled for me. So i set up before I made another call. While I made my second call, he gobbled louder this time and I knew he was coming closer. Took about 10 mins, and then he came in full strut. I took the shot when he was about 40 yards away and I layed him down. I was a happy man. " |
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Post by Rommel on Apr 30, 2008 7:09:09 GMT -5
Great story David, you sure had to work for him. Thanks for helping him out on the "interweb" Rachel.  |
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Post by hunter on Apr 30, 2008 8:19:28 GMT -5
Awesome bird and great story. Congratulations once again David.
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Post by BIG FOX on Apr 30, 2008 8:37:04 GMT -5
that is awesome, glad he has someone to help him on the OLE INTERWEB, that is cool of you to help him and get some great pictures and stories out there for all of us to share.... thanks again, look forward to the future posts
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Post by Bartman on Apr 30, 2008 10:19:53 GMT -5
Great bird, nice story congrats!
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Post by sideways on Apr 30, 2008 18:13:16 GMT -5
Great story and bird.
Where abouts in Charles County?
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Post by bucksathome on Apr 30, 2008 18:57:58 GMT -5
Hey that is a nice bird, congrats. Sounds like you really worked hard for that one but it paid off.
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Post by branson on May 1, 2008 10:23:22 GMT -5
Nice story. Sounds like he worked for it. Congrats to him for the bird, and to you for helping him out with the site.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on May 1, 2008 21:50:31 GMT -5
Way to go on a nice tom. Your story sounds like every turkey hunt I have been on for the last two years. EXCEPT for actually killing a bird at the end.
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Feel free to send me any messages you'd like me to pass along. 
I'll be posting soon. 
