Post by twomoons on Oct 28, 2009 8:56:47 GMT -5
Well fall turkey seaaon is well under way and yesterday afternoon after a long day in court I got to take a break. I could leave at 4 PM and had to be back at the jail at 6pm, so I tought I would check out my turkey hunting ground. I headed out and a mile out of town i pulled up to my spot and saw the turkeys feeding up a ridge headed right for my ambush spot, a cedar tree and depression just off the top of a ridge. Well I looked at my watch and thought IF I hurry I might get there before the turkeys do and so I grabbed my gun, the new double I got from Bill, and headed off at a trot. I had to go behind a barn and around to the end of a ravine to get to myy spot and since I had less than an hour I didn't change clothes I just took off.
Now 20 years ago i could have run 1/4 miile and not drawn a heavy breath at the end but yesterday i trotted and arrived some what fagged out... I was puffing like a steam cola train going up the rockie mountains! AHHH Whooo Ahh Whoo, I turn and start to sit down and see two turkey heads peeking over the ridge about 20 yards from me. Two heads stickiing up about as far as a turkey can stick his head up and I swear these turkeys are smiling!
Now I don't even stop to thinkg about it i swing up the shootgun as my thumb sweeps back the two hammers and I center on the biggest head just as the tuurkeys jump straight up in the air and WHAMMMM! One turkey drops and about 20 take off from the far side of the ridge. Oh Boy I got my turkey, a 22 pound gobbler with a 9" beard and I still have 38 minutes to get back to work.
I walk over to pick up the bird whose head and neck are shredded (Bill: Note Modified choke in an Eytie gun is realy FULL)
and as i reach down for the bird the bird floops over, the carotid is severed and the bird sprays me with blood from head to toe, and I am in my full class A duty uniform! FECES!!! I now have to drive home red lights and siren, throw the bird at my wife and say can you take care of this. Throw the clothes in the washer, change and head back to the jail.
I finally get off work after 7 and head home again to find my bird in the basement with a note that said, had to baby sit Dylan (My grandson) clean your own dam'n bird. Geeze i got one more bird to fill my limit and I don't think I can do THIS again!
Now 20 years ago i could have run 1/4 miile and not drawn a heavy breath at the end but yesterday i trotted and arrived some what fagged out... I was puffing like a steam cola train going up the rockie mountains! AHHH Whooo Ahh Whoo, I turn and start to sit down and see two turkey heads peeking over the ridge about 20 yards from me. Two heads stickiing up about as far as a turkey can stick his head up and I swear these turkeys are smiling!
Now I don't even stop to thinkg about it i swing up the shootgun as my thumb sweeps back the two hammers and I center on the biggest head just as the tuurkeys jump straight up in the air and WHAMMMM! One turkey drops and about 20 take off from the far side of the ridge. Oh Boy I got my turkey, a 22 pound gobbler with a 9" beard and I still have 38 minutes to get back to work.
I walk over to pick up the bird whose head and neck are shredded (Bill: Note Modified choke in an Eytie gun is realy FULL)
and as i reach down for the bird the bird floops over, the carotid is severed and the bird sprays me with blood from head to toe, and I am in my full class A duty uniform! FECES!!! I now have to drive home red lights and siren, throw the bird at my wife and say can you take care of this. Throw the clothes in the washer, change and head back to the jail.
I finally get off work after 7 and head home again to find my bird in the basement with a note that said, had to baby sit Dylan (My grandson) clean your own dam'n bird. Geeze i got one more bird to fill my limit and I don't think I can do THIS again!
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