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Offline Doublebass73

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Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« on: May 05, 2007, 02:13:28 PM »
I went on my first ever turkey hunt today in NH and got a one shot one kill with the NEF Pardner Turkey with the factory X-full choke.
I hit him at 20 yards with a Remington Nitro 3" #5 shot. He weighed in at 19 lbs. with 1" spurs and a 10" beard. Talk about beginners luck getting a decent Tom on my first day out!


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Re: Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2007, 05:17:19 PM »
Congratulations! Nice bird. Bet the rest don't come that easy. My hunt starts Monday, but working everyday surely puts a damper on the turkey hunting. Might be able to get out there by next weekend with the Thunder.
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Re: Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2007, 01:16:36 AM »
Congrats!  Great looking bird and great pics.  Shoot me a PM with some of that "Beginners Luck"  I will be heading out for my FIRST EVER turkey hunt as well, this year. ;D

I hear ya busta!  I have to work opening day then its the Memorial weekend.  I am also taking a few days after.  Hope I am as fortunate as doublebass73

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Re: Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2007, 02:05:08 AM »
Nice bird!  Most of the time we hunt long and hard to get one like that but beginners luck will do it too.
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2007, 02:55:52 PM »
Hope you get some beginners luck too, cookiemann!

I did do my homework and scouted a good location but the beginners luck came in to play when it was 11:40 AM (we can only hunt until noon in NH) and I heard a gobble behind my setup (on the edge of the forest overlooking a field). I immediately heard
a hen yelp so my heart sank thinking it was the other hunter I had heard earlier that morning. To my surprise I heard a bird walking through the woods behind me then another gobble. I answered back with my slate call and got no response. I tried my mouth call and the gobbler answered! I then heard a bunch of hen yelps getting closer with prompt gobbles afterward and l looked to my right and saw the Tom and 2 hens walk 5 yards to the right of me out into the field in front of me. They settled 20 yards from me where the Tom went into full strut and all I had to do was wait for him to go up periscope to take my shot.

The hens did all the work and I only had to call once to get him to come into a perfect spot. This all happened in about 5 minutes. This just shows you why you need to stay out there until the very end because that's when it can happen. The other hunter I had heard earlier that morning left by 9:00 AM when everything went quiet so persistence pays off.
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Re: Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2007, 05:32:03 AM »
That's a great bird.  Congrats on your first!   
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Re: Pardner Turkey gets the job done
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2007, 01:43:33 PM »
Persistence is the name of the game with turkeys. Nice description of your hunt!
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