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[SpokaneSlayer]

My buddy filled his turkey tag with a really nice tom. After hearing lots of gobbling from at least 5 different birds, and one loud mouthed hen, the birds finally fly down. Unfortunately, the closest one went away from us. A bit dismayed, I decided to give some yelps on a box call. Gobble, and close. So give some purrs and clucks. Then I look up the trail, and I see tail feathers. Then I see the white cap on the toms head. He's coming in full stut, spitting and drumming. My bud doesn't have a clear shot. Then a hen comes up behind us. She's about 10 yds from my bud when she busts him trying to keep a bead on the tom. As soon as she turns to run, I hear BOOM! A 3" load of #5 shot dropped that tom. Let the celebration begin! A quick look at the beard and spurs and I knew we had a nice bird. After getting back to the truck, we measured. Final measurements were a 9 1/2 beard and 3/4" spurs. My buddy is going to roost the birds again tonight. Tomorrow, it's my turn.Proud Hunter!The team.

[Braz]

Congrats to you buddy. Now, get out there and get yours!!!

[PredatorMaster]

Congrats on the

[ShooterJohn]

Nice one congrats to your bud. Now it's your turn.

[SpokaneSlayer]

No luck in calling in a tom yesterday. Still heard a lot of gobbling and that hen, so that's encouraging. Did see 3 birds on the train tracks as were leaving. Tried to get them to come back onto the state land. All that came down was a jake. He was in range, but I let him go. I want one of those toms. This coming Saturday is closing day.Note: I just looked on the NWTF website to see what this bird would've scored. With an unoffical weight of 21 lbs, it would have scored 55.000 and tied for 16th overall for a Merriam's in the state.