2021 Gobbler Nation Kill Thread

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WHO: Me
DATE: 4/10/2021
TIME: 7:10 a.m.
STATE: NC
SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Benelli SBE 2
AMMO: 3.5" WInchester Longbeard #5s
CALL & MAKER: shortcut custom calls
BEARD 1: 10 1/8"
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR: 1 1/4"
LEFT SPUR: 1 1/4"
WEIGHT: 22.18
SCORE: 67.4375
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Good setup and near the where they wanted to be
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WHO: Me
DATE: 4/21/2021
TIME: 8:15 a.m.
STATE: VA
SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Stoeger M3020
AMMO: 3" Federal TSS #9s
CALL & MAKER: shortcut custom calls
BEARD 1: 10
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR: 1
LEFT SPUR: 1
WEIGHT: 18
SCORE: 58
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Good set up yelps and he came running. Trying to slip in before the boss gobbler in the field could find his love.
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WHO: Me
DATE: April 14th 2021
TIME: 5:00 pm
STATE: Kansas
SPECIES: Rio
WEAPON: Winchester SX3 20ga
AMMO: Apex #9’s
CALL & MAKER: David Halloran Metal Mouth
BEARD 1: 8”
RIGHT SPUR: 7/8”
LEFT SPUR: 7/8”
WEIGHT: 22
SCORE: N/A
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Got away from the crowd on opening day and walked through a marsh to get to the birds.

Running Total: 4

Public land and first out of state bird!

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Re: 2021 Gobbler Nation Kill Thread

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WHO: Hobbes
DATE: 4/22/2021
TIME: 11:30 AM
STATE: Montana
SPECIES: Merriam's
WEAPON: 870 12 ga
AMMO: Handloads - 2 3/4", 1 5/8 oz, #8.5 TSS
CALL & MAKER: DC Calls ghost cut
BEARD 1: Barely had a beard
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 1/2"
LEFT SPUR: 1/2"
WEIGHT: 17
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
Kept looking for a hot bird.

Running total - #27
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WHO: Hobbes
DATE: 4/17/2021
TIME: 06:30 PM
STATE: Montana
SPECIES: Merriam's
WEAPON: 870 12 ga
AMMO: Handloads - 2 3/4", 1 5/8 oz, #8.5 TSS
CALL & MAKER: DC Calls ghost cut
BEARD 1: 8"
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 3/4"
LEFT SPUR: 3/4"
WEIGHT: 18.5
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
We hunted all day and found them unexpectedly.

Running total - #28
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WHO: me
DATE: 4/23/21
TIME: 0640
STATE: AR
SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Yildiz 20 gauge O/U
AMMO: Handload 90/94
CALL & MAKER: Del Crow Ghost Cut
BEARD 1: 9 1/2”
RIGHT SPUR: 7/8”
LEFT SPUR: 7/8”
WEIGHT: 21#
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Locating willing bird gobbling well on limb and looking for love immediately after fly down.

Running Total: 29Image
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Shot by me
Minnesota
4/28/21
10am
24.5 lbs.
9.5" beard
3/4" spurs
Spring Creek bloodwood and limba box
Martin Calls mouth call
28 gauge SA-28
Foxtrot Cherry Bomb 9.5's
Running Total #30
Got him going at 10 am, only gobbler that sounded off all morning. Rained hard on them overnight.
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Who:Doc
Where: TX
Species: Rio
Beard: 10”
Spurs: 1”
Weight: 16
When 4/17/21
Weapon: Pedersoli 12 bore SxS
Ammo: FFg Swiss Black
Call: Zach Farmer Mopane Woodwind
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WHO:Huntinsomd
DATE:4/29/21
TIME:0835
STATE:MD
SPECIES:Eastern
WEAPON:Benelli M2 20ga
AMMO:HL 1-5/8 9.5
CALL & MAKER:Several
BEARD 1:9.5
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR3/4
LEFT SPUR:1 1/8
WEIGHT:20
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Persistence
(FOR EXAMPLE: CALLING, SETUP, DECOYS, SHOTGUN, SHOTSHELLS, SCOUTING, CAMO)

Running Total:32
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WHO: Scott Taulbee
DATE:4/19
TIME: 7:15 am
STATE:KY
SPECIES:Eastern
WEAPON: Mossberg 835
AMMO: Winchester Longbeard XR #5
CALL & MAKER: Al Holbert Next Generation and David Halloran Crystal Mistress
BEARD 1: 10”
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 7/8”
LEFT SPUR: 7/8”
WEIGHT: 23 lbs
SCORE: Delicious
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
Set up, was roughly 75 yards above him on the roost up mountain, on the top, he flew off the roost walked up to the top and I got him, or it could have been I took a new hunter on his first hunt and he showed up under gunned and the bird was 20 yards past his effective range

Running Total: 33
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WHO: Scott Taulbee
DATE: 4/24
TIME: 7:25 Am
STATE: Ky
SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Mossberg 835
AMMO: Winchester Longbeard XR #5
CALL & MAKER: Al Holbert next generation, Al Holbert Wet one slate, Daryal Gosey Sycamore Trumpet
BEARD 1: 11 1/4
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 1 1/4”
LEFT SPUR: 1 1/4”
WEIGHT: 16 lbs
SCORE: Also delicious
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
Set up and experience. I struck him from the roost, I had seen gobblers and hens in the area I shot him a few days prior, I got above him, he came directly to me from the roost and like old public land birds do he came in a different way from expected and hung up about 80 to 100 yards out of sight, I gave him a couple yelps on the trumpet back behind me and shut up, after being hung up for 20 minutes he came running in.

Running Total: 34

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WHO: Me
DATE: 5/6
TIME: 7:15
STATE: WV
SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: M2 20 Ga.
AMMO: Handloaded 9 1/2’s
CALL & MAKER: David Halloran
BEARD 1: 11”
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 1 1/16”
LEFT SPUR: 1 1/8”
WEIGHT: 21 lbs.
SCORE: ?
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Patients, Persistence And More Patients....Lol. Running total 35
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WHO: me
DATE: 5/17/21
TIME: 6:30am
STATE: NE
SUB SPECIES: Merriams
WEAPON: Mossberg 500 12 ga
AMMO: TSS 2 oz 7-1/2
CALL & MAKER: Hustlin Hen and Quaker Boy KeeKee
BEARD: 3” rotted off
RIGHT SPUR: 5/8”
LEFT SPUR: 5/8”
WEIGHT: 17 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: unorthodox improvisation

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WHO: Hobbes
DATE: 5/6/2021
TIME: 3:30 PM
STATE: Montana
SPECIES: Merriam's
WEAPON: 870 12 ga
AMMO: Handloads - 2 3/4", 1 5/8 oz, #8.5 TSS
CALL & MAKER: DC Calls
BEARD 1: 7 7/8"
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR none
LEFT SPUR: none
WEIGHT: 17 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
Persistent

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WHO: Hobbes
DATE: 5/14/2021
TIME: 5:50 AM
STATE: Montana
SPECIES: Merriam's
WEAPON: 870 12 ga
AMMO: Handloads - 2 3/4", 1 5/8 oz, #8.5 TSS
CALL & MAKER: DC Calls
BEARD 1: 8 1/2"
BEARD 2:
BEARD 3:
RIGHT SPUR 1/2"
LEFT SPUR: 1/2"
WEIGHT: 16.5 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT:
Killed him early before he got too settled with his hens.

Running total - #38
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WHO: me
DATE: 5/172021
TIME: 7:30pm
STATE: NE
SUB SPECIES: Merriams
WEAPON: Mossberg 500 12 ga
AMMO: TSS 2 oz 7-1/2
CALL & MAKER: Hustlin Hen and Quaker Boy KeeKee
BEARD: 8”
RIGHT SPUR: 5/8”
LEFT SPUR: 5/8”
WEIGHT: 16 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: sticking with the plan

Running total: 39

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WHO: The Gooster
DATE: 4/9/2021
TIME: 7:00am
STATE: IA
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Remington 1100
AMMO: H13 2.75-1.5-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out slate, Sadler McGraw purr pott
BEARD: 9.5”
RIGHT SPUR: 1”
LEFT SPUR: 1”
WEIGHT: 23lbs, 12oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: It was the youth opener, and we knew the path between the roost and strut zone

Running total: 40

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WHO: The Gooster
DATE: 4/11/2021
TIME: 12:20PM
STATE: MO
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Remington 1100
AMMO: H13 2.75-1.5-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out slate, Sadler McGraw purr pott, Lights Out Aluminum, Primos Power Crystal, the kitchen sink,...
BEARD: 9.75”
RIGHT SPUR: 5/8”
LEFT SPUR: 5/8”
WEIGHT: 23lbs, 12oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: Snacks, so we didn't need to break for lunch when birds finally started working

Running total: 41

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WHO: The Gooster
DATE: 5/5/2021
TIME: 6:40PM
STATE: IA
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Remington 1100
AMMO: H13 2.75-1.5-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out slate
BEARD: 10.5”
RIGHT SPUR: 1
LEFT SPUR: 1”
WEIGHT: 22lbs, 9oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: After school flash hunt. Found one in the mood.

Running total: 42

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WHO: The Gooster
DATE: 5/8/2021
TIME: 6:25am
STATE: MO
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Remington 1100
AMMO: H13 2.75-1.5-6
CALL & MAKER: An old Primos Power Crystal
BEARD: 10.5”
RIGHT SPUR: 1.25"
LEFT SPUR: 1.25”
WEIGHT: 25lbs, 2oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: We got in tight to the roost...almost too tight, but it worked. This bird would only gobble once on roost, and I never laid eyes on him earlier in the season. Today was just the day. I was feeling nice and let Gus shoot him, instead. ;)

Running total: 43

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WHO: my brother
DATE: 5/18/21
TIME: 5:34am
STATE: NE
SUB SPECIES: Merriams
WEAPON: Remington 870 20 ga
AMMO: TSS 1-5/8 oz 7-1/2
CALL & MAKER: Quaker Boy World Champ
BEARD: 9”
RIGHT SPUR: 5/8”
LEFT SPUR: 5/8”
WEIGHT: 17 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: calling in the hen

Running total: 44

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WHO: Me
DATE: 4/14/2021
TIME: 8:50am
STATE: IA
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Benelli M2
AMMO: H13 3-2-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Sadler McGraw purr pot
BEARD: 11.5”
RIGHT SPUR: 1.25"
LEFT SPUR: 1.25”
WEIGHT: 22lbs, 0oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: I stayed in one spot and took a nap. He and a buddy showed up silently.

Running total: 45

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WHO: Me
DATE: 4/19/2021
TIME: 11:50am
STATE: MO
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Benelli M2
AMMO: H13 3-2-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Sadler McGraw purr pot
BEARD: 10”
RIGHT SPUR: 1 1/8" (chipped off)
LEFT SPUR: 1 3/8”
WEIGHT: 24lbs, 13oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: I put off going to lunch for an extra 30 minutes, and he showed up silently.

Running total: 46

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WHO: Me
DATE: 4/28/2021
TIME: 7:20am
STATE: IA
SUB SPECIES: Eastern
WEAPON: Benelli M2
AMMO: H13 3-2-6
CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Sadler McGraw purr pot
BEARD: 10”
RIGHT SPUR: 1 3/8"
LEFT SPUR: 1 3/8”
WEIGHT: 24lbs, 4oz
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: I had noticed birds traveling this route before. I had one bird slowly working his way in, but this tom and his buddy came running in from who-knows-where and ran him off. One got too close to me, though.

Running total: 47

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WHO: me
DATE: 5/20/21
TIME: 6:03am
STATE: UT
SUB SPECIES: Rio
WEAPON: Mossberg 500 12 ga
AMMO: TSS 2 oz 9x8
CALL & MAKER: none- because sometimes total silence is the best call
BEARD: 7-1/2”
RIGHT SPUR: 3/4”
LEFT SPUR: 3/4”
WEIGHT: 15 lbs
SCORE:
#1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: figuring out the plan then getting 25 to 30 yds from the closest bird on the roost, then getting some distracting help from an annoying raven- and being quick with the shot

Running total: 48

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