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Pennsylvania Turkey Hunting Tales |
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| Name: |
Denny Massa |
| Location: |
Pennsylvania |
| Time: |
May 23, 2003 7:30 am |
| Subspecies:
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Eastern |
| Beards: |
11.25" |
| Spurs |
1 3/8" & 1 3/8"
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| Weights: |
22.5 lb. |
| Distance: |
35 yards |
| Decoys: |
none |
| Calls
Used: |
Diaphragm, Primos power crystal,
Quaker boy boss gobbler |
| I went to one of my favorite spots and
with only one day left in the season,
I had to be aggressive. I heard the first
gobble at 5:18 am and took off toward
it. As I neared the roost within 200 yds.,
two more gobbled off to my left and I
was sort of caught between a rock and
a hard spot. Not wanting to risk bumping
one, I set up about 150 yd. from the most
active bird. He gobbled till about 6 am,then
came down and started toward me.
The other two clammed up and I thought
it was going to be an easy kill until
two hens came in and stole him from
me. He went into strut and they moved
slowly away from me into a ravine. I
took out my gobbler call and let one
loose and he responded immediately.
He gobbled again and I answered. The
only chance to get him back up even
with me was to make him mad or jealous
and it worked. Within about 15 min.,
he cut the distance in half. He started
coming quick as I was near his roost
site after moving on him three different
times. He came onto the logging road
just below me and at about 35 yd. I
took a clean shot as he was looking
for that intruder. He was one of the
birds I'd been hunting all season. All
I did the last 45 mins or so was gobble.
Every time he answered, I gobbled back.
His spurs were sharp and curved.
Now I can rest till fall.
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