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<blockquote data-quote="PTwake04" data-source="post: 1119406" data-attributes="member: 11899"><p>This was my first year to tag out! </p><p></p><p>The first bird had a 8 1/2" beard. I was on my way back to camp when I noticed a hen about 125yds away, I immediately ducked down and belly crawled about 25yds. Then 3 gobblers and more hens started coming there way to me. They only got within about 50yds before they started going the other way. So I pulled up and shot a prayer at the closest gobbler. Nothing hit the ground so I shot once more. Again nothing. By this time the other birds were just walking off, they didn't know what to think. So for my last shot I aimed above and to the right of his head to compensate for the 40MPH western </p><p>OK wind gust from last friday. Luck have it the bird dropped and flopped. So I went out and marked the spot where he laid, cause I knew this had to be the longest shot of my life. After I marked my spot I trekked a whole 50yds back to camp to find Brian89(my brother) sitting in the truck. The wind was blowing so hard he couldn't hear the three shots. He had his range finder so we went and ranged it. 69 freaking yards!! The longest shot I have ever made with my good'ol 870. This was a classic western oklahoma hunt. </p><p></p><p><strong>AND I WAS NOT SHOOTING WITH THE WIND AT MY BACK</strong></p><p></p><p>My second bird in the picture was HUGE 9 1/2" beard. 22+lbs. And this story will make you just shake your head. Later that Afternoon after I killed the bird in the story above, my brother and I(Brian89) went out again. He want to go to the north wheatfield while I wanted to go about 3/4 mile to the south. I dropped him off at the wheatfield and he says " I should probably go with you cause you'll kill one". After dropping him off I headed south and made it to the good'ol hay pile as we call it. It had been a long day so I decided to lay down and take a nap. After about a 40 min nap I woke up and I kid you not 4 gobblers were standing 75yds in front of me. I didn't have my gun up or anything. I was laying flat on the ground so they couldn't spot me easily. So i proceed to grab my strutter decoy that was just laying on the ground beside me and I held it in my left hand blocking view of the gobblers so the couldn't see me. The gobblers started walking straight towards me! I still wasn't ready to shoot or in any position to shoot. I was laying in an ab crunch position on my back! Still holding the decoy with my left hand I looked around it to see that the big bird was within 20 yds. So I dropped the decoy, leaned around it and squeezed the trigger. He dropped like a turd in a well. The other birds didn't even know what happened. I could of killed the other three if I wanted to. And this whole time I was thinking how dumbfounded my brother would be. Not just because I killed another bird, but how I accomplished it by taking a good nap, and waking up to 4 longbeards in my lap.</p><p></p><p>The last bird on the right isn't worth typing anymore about. I'm getting carpal tunnel, and english always was, or was always my worst subject. Plus that bird was a jake anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PTwake04, post: 1119406, member: 11899"] This was my first year to tag out! The first bird had a 8 1/2" beard. I was on my way back to camp when I noticed a hen about 125yds away, I immediately ducked down and belly crawled about 25yds. Then 3 gobblers and more hens started coming there way to me. They only got within about 50yds before they started going the other way. So I pulled up and shot a prayer at the closest gobbler. Nothing hit the ground so I shot once more. Again nothing. By this time the other birds were just walking off, they didn't know what to think. So for my last shot I aimed above and to the right of his head to compensate for the 40MPH western OK wind gust from last friday. Luck have it the bird dropped and flopped. So I went out and marked the spot where he laid, cause I knew this had to be the longest shot of my life. After I marked my spot I trekked a whole 50yds back to camp to find Brian89(my brother) sitting in the truck. The wind was blowing so hard he couldn't hear the three shots. He had his range finder so we went and ranged it. 69 freaking yards!! The longest shot I have ever made with my good'ol 870. This was a classic western oklahoma hunt. [B]AND I WAS NOT SHOOTING WITH THE WIND AT MY BACK[/B] My second bird in the picture was HUGE 9 1/2" beard. 22+lbs. And this story will make you just shake your head. Later that Afternoon after I killed the bird in the story above, my brother and I(Brian89) went out again. He want to go to the north wheatfield while I wanted to go about 3/4 mile to the south. I dropped him off at the wheatfield and he says " I should probably go with you cause you'll kill one". After dropping him off I headed south and made it to the good'ol hay pile as we call it. It had been a long day so I decided to lay down and take a nap. After about a 40 min nap I woke up and I kid you not 4 gobblers were standing 75yds in front of me. I didn't have my gun up or anything. I was laying flat on the ground so they couldn't spot me easily. So i proceed to grab my strutter decoy that was just laying on the ground beside me and I held it in my left hand blocking view of the gobblers so the couldn't see me. The gobblers started walking straight towards me! I still wasn't ready to shoot or in any position to shoot. I was laying in an ab crunch position on my back! Still holding the decoy with my left hand I looked around it to see that the big bird was within 20 yds. So I dropped the decoy, leaned around it and squeezed the trigger. He dropped like a turd in a well. The other birds didn't even know what happened. I could of killed the other three if I wanted to. And this whole time I was thinking how dumbfounded my brother would be. Not just because I killed another bird, but how I accomplished it by taking a good nap, and waking up to 4 longbeards in my lap. The last bird on the right isn't worth typing anymore about. I'm getting carpal tunnel, and english always was, or was always my worst subject. Plus that bird was a jake anyway. [/QUOTE]
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