The Monkey is Dead
The Monkey is Dead
Day one: nothing but a hen
Day two : went hunting with my buddy...had a jake come in but I couldn't see his beard, went to move my gun and it got caught on the netting, he putts, then runs, stops at 40 yds, I could of shot him but it wasn't the best shot and I really didn't want a jake on the second day.
Day three: Good Lord this was an exciting day....went about 100 yds from the gobble, set up, he was gobbling to my left, a hen on my right, game on, so I thought...I yelped yelped and yelped some more, he knew exactly where I was, skirted around me without me seeing him and proceeds to gobble for 45 minutes behind me,hung up... I couldn't move or he would of busted me without a doubt, then the hen from hell took him away.I tried to get on him several times, didn't work, then I looped him and got in front but he never showed, I worked this bird for 5.5 hours non-stop , it was amazing but at the end of the hunt he won.
Day four: I heard him gobble, tried getting close but he only gobbled a couple of times so I decided to cluck a couple of times pretty loud and just backed off , I knew he had met up with hens so I gave him his time...I knew he'd be around later...about 10:00 I hear balalalalalalala, I clucked and purred, he gobbled again, a lil time passed he didn't gobble so I clucked again, real soft, Balalalalalalala he gobbled he was closer about where I was when i first clucked this morning, he gobbled, I wouldn't respond, he wouldn't gobble so I called, he'd gobble,I'd shut up.... then when I thought he was gone, he gobbled from about 25 yds, I saw him at 17 yds but the cypress knee was in the way, he stood there looking for his hen and then he stepped out, BOOM, he dropped...I ran over there and called Fl.huntress to tell her I killed the monkey, no answer so I called my buddy and I'm crying like a lil girl because I have killed birds all over but never here and I've hunted there longest, I had a curse,It was the Monkey.. it was almost 15 yrs. of trying with lots of screw ups, stupid screw ups...so while I'm leaving this emotional message for my friend, this bird comes back to life so to speak,we're both laying on the forest floor and he proceeds to beat the living poo out of me, the whole time his neck is in my hand and my phone in the other...it was priceless..his head was down, he was dieing, not moving until I grabbed his neck, lol........all of the shot was above the beard in the neck and the head...he should of stayed dead, lol.
beard 9 3/4''
spurs 1 1/4'' and 1''(broke)
15lbs 15oz
He was the bird I had scouted and studied, he finally did what he was suppose to, lol....he died
Day two : went hunting with my buddy...had a jake come in but I couldn't see his beard, went to move my gun and it got caught on the netting, he putts, then runs, stops at 40 yds, I could of shot him but it wasn't the best shot and I really didn't want a jake on the second day.
Day three: Good Lord this was an exciting day....went about 100 yds from the gobble, set up, he was gobbling to my left, a hen on my right, game on, so I thought...I yelped yelped and yelped some more, he knew exactly where I was, skirted around me without me seeing him and proceeds to gobble for 45 minutes behind me,hung up... I couldn't move or he would of busted me without a doubt, then the hen from hell took him away.I tried to get on him several times, didn't work, then I looped him and got in front but he never showed, I worked this bird for 5.5 hours non-stop , it was amazing but at the end of the hunt he won.
Day four: I heard him gobble, tried getting close but he only gobbled a couple of times so I decided to cluck a couple of times pretty loud and just backed off , I knew he had met up with hens so I gave him his time...I knew he'd be around later...about 10:00 I hear balalalalalalala, I clucked and purred, he gobbled again, a lil time passed he didn't gobble so I clucked again, real soft, Balalalalalalala he gobbled he was closer about where I was when i first clucked this morning, he gobbled, I wouldn't respond, he wouldn't gobble so I called, he'd gobble,I'd shut up.... then when I thought he was gone, he gobbled from about 25 yds, I saw him at 17 yds but the cypress knee was in the way, he stood there looking for his hen and then he stepped out, BOOM, he dropped...I ran over there and called Fl.huntress to tell her I killed the monkey, no answer so I called my buddy and I'm crying like a lil girl because I have killed birds all over but never here and I've hunted there longest, I had a curse,It was the Monkey.. it was almost 15 yrs. of trying with lots of screw ups, stupid screw ups...so while I'm leaving this emotional message for my friend, this bird comes back to life so to speak,we're both laying on the forest floor and he proceeds to beat the living poo out of me, the whole time his neck is in my hand and my phone in the other...it was priceless..his head was down, he was dieing, not moving until I grabbed his neck, lol........all of the shot was above the beard in the neck and the head...he should of stayed dead, lol.
beard 9 3/4''
spurs 1 1/4'' and 1''(broke)
15lbs 15oz
He was the bird I had scouted and studied, he finally did what he was suppose to, lol....he died
Last edited by HuntnMa on March 20th, 2013, 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: The Monkey is Dead
Very Nice, I am glad for you.
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"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
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glad to hear the monkey is dead! congrats on a dandy osceola!
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Great story,good job.
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Sweet. I hate a monkey, their evil.
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The flying monkey from Wizard Of Oz?
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hahaha my monkey was worse, lol.........
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Now that is a story that keeps me coming back here. Congrats on the bird.
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Way to go, congrats
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Re: The Monkey is Dead
Great story! Would of loved to have seen him giving you that beatdown.
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Congratulations!!!
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Congrats! Great story!
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Persistence paid off. Great job!
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nice.
I always like when you got to go the xtra mile and wrasle em, choke em, kick em, swing at em with your gun or job em wit ur knife and in some cases drown them. I especially like this when a decent buck does this.
I file them under priceless war stories.
I always like when you got to go the xtra mile and wrasle em, choke em, kick em, swing at em with your gun or job em wit ur knife and in some cases drown them. I especially like this when a decent buck does this.
I file them under priceless war stories.
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Re: The Monkey is Dead
Excellent! Congrats on a great bird, and the way you stuck with him.
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Great Job, now the pressure is off!
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The Monkey is Dead
Awesome! Congrats
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Way to get r done. Congrats !
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Gotta love it when you can lay the hammer down on an animal that's made it personal! Great job on a nice bird!
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That was a AWESOME!!! Play-by-Play...Congrats!!!! You put the effort in and it finally paid off...Great Picture!! Your smile tells the Tale!!!!!
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Way to go Ma.
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Congrats on a great gobbler. The story was priceless..
There is more than one way to "spank your monkey"..
There is more than one way to "spank your monkey"..
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