Yesterday I loaned my buddy Jim a blind and a decoy. Jim had no calls with him and is about as green as it gets when it comes to turkey hunting. He has killed a couple with me guiding him, but never alone. An hour into the hunt I got a text saying he had killed a nice one with his shotgun. So this morning Jim and I went to the same spot that he killed at yesterday and set up. We had them fired up on the roost ... 5 or 6 different toms with an old Ghostmaker aluminum pot call that I have. Right at day break, two toms pitch down into the field from different angles, join up, and proceed to put on an awesome strut, spit, drum, and gobbling display. In a matter of 5 minutes they closed the 100 yard distance. Jim was my camera man and for never running a video camera before he did a great job. At 7 yards I ended the boss bird's morning with a face slap from a Magnus Bullhead. That DSD jake decoy continues to do it time in and time out. 22 1/2#, 7/8" spurs, and 9 1/2" beard. Jim had his carcass in the bed of his truck for me to take the tail off for him, so we did a photo together. Two nice birds in two days out of the exact same set up and spot. Jim's bird weighed in at 24#, 1 1/4" spurs, and a 9" beard.
I have a bunch of video edits of turkey hunts piling up on my editing desk and kids to get on birds yet, along with more buddies, and I am heading to Kansas in a couple of weeks. In a couple weeks I hope to have some edits of a few hunts done and will put them all in a new thread. This hunt was all on video, but they came right off the roost to the dekes so there really isn't a lot of pre-roll footage, so it will make for a short video honestly.
Since video will have to wait, here is a frame grab with a little Photoshop artsy work to remove some gory details. Just call this "Explosion" ...
I moved this video up on my editing list as I am waiting for support footage for other videos to come my way. Here is my hunt from last Thursday for those who are into that sort of thing. It is available in HD if you adjust the settings at the lower right of the Youtube player. Thanks for viewing.
Great video, thanks for sharing. Then little buggers can get at second wind sometimes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
