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Sweet #9

dedgeez

dedgeez

death from above
Watched a couple of good Toms and a bunch of hens go to roost last night, so I devised a plan for this morning and sat in my truck waiting for the rain to stop! I wanted to try something different so I took my ghillie suit and one hen decoy and set up right in the edge of the corn field where they went in the woods last night! I layed right next to the decoy waiting for daylight in the mud :grin: Once it cracked light I could hear the hens making a little noise but no gobbles. Shortly after 6 I heard them pitch down and the thundering started. I layed there for about 15 minutes until one of the hens came fluttering into the field and lit about 5 feet from me. Then another, then one more and then the red head on the edge of the field about 10 yards away! I clicked the safety off and slowely raised the gun and the rest is history :way: 6:20am and my season is officially over! This is one of the more exciting hunts I have had in awhile. It's fun to be up close and personal with them. First time I have broke out the ghillie in about 5 years, but I may be doing a bit more of it :way:

This makes the 9th bird of the season that I have either killed or called in for my buddies between Iowa and Kansas. A total of 7 days hunted so far. Great season so far, and this is one of the best birds of the year.

Score
24.5 lbs + 1 1/4 spur + 1 3/8 spur + 11.5 beard
= 24.5+1.25+1.375+23 = 73.75

Some pics. Solo hunt so sorry for the poor pics

As he layed

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On the freezer at home
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Beard
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Spurs (the tape isn't quite tight in the pic)
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Good luck to all of you with 4th season tags (especially my partner) :D
 
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Congrats! Thats a dandy bird! Its amazing how close you can get sometimes in a ghillie suit. I love mine.
 
Nice work... I woke up at 3:50 this morning and looked at the radar.. saw a lot of red and orange and decided more sleep was in my very near future. Hopefully it holds off tomorrow
 
You need to change your screen name to dedturks! :D Great season you are having, I bet that hunt was exciting! :way:
 
Good bird. Way to get it done. I haven't even been out yet and now I'm contemplating bow or gun. Congrats Man....
 
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