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<blockquote data-quote="WV Hitman" data-source="post: 2132882" data-attributes="member: 115208"><p>Patterning is good...sometimes. Calling is good...sometimes. Noise is bad..always. Movement is bad...always. I my 55+ years of turkey hunting I think luck is very important. I'm accused of being a turkey magnet. I call, I walk woods like crazy, but mostly I look for sign- scratching, droppings, then I park my old behind for hours at a time and...wait. I call some. Get answered about 20% of the time. When that happens it gets hot and heavy. I hate to remember how many hours I've sat and seen/heard nothing.</p><p>Last spring I saw a nice gobbler while groundhog hunting. Got permission from the farmer to hunt him. I sat for 9 DAYS watching, calling, looking in the cold, mist, rain. Day #9 I was ready to quit at 9AM. Decided to stick it out a little longer. The best weather of the 9 days. No answer to calls. 20 minute later he shows rounding a hillside 129 yds. away! I get my .454 Freedom Arms revolver on my Bog Pod tripod and wait for him to go 40 yards to a 6' clearing. I held on the wing butts and fired while he was walking. Down and dead. </p><p>Why a revolver? I don't own any handguns. I like a challenge. Shotguns are too easy.</p><p>Why did I get him- patience, persistence, knowing how to shoot, and my life long "turkey luck". This was turkey #36 with this revolver. 21 1/2#, 9" beard, 1 1/2" spurs. Found a bullet that puts a 1 1/4" hole thru the wing butts with no meat damage.</p><p>Went back here in the fall. After 5 trips I got a 19#, 7"beard, 1" spur gobbler at just 68 yards. He was feeding with 4 hens and one jake. # 37 .454 turkey.</p><p>Turkey hunting takes more patience than any other animal I've hunted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WV Hitman, post: 2132882, member: 115208"] Patterning is good...sometimes. Calling is good...sometimes. Noise is bad..always. Movement is bad...always. I my 55+ years of turkey hunting I think luck is very important. I'm accused of being a turkey magnet. I call, I walk woods like crazy, but mostly I look for sign- scratching, droppings, then I park my old behind for hours at a time and...wait. I call some. Get answered about 20% of the time. When that happens it gets hot and heavy. I hate to remember how many hours I've sat and seen/heard nothing. Last spring I saw a nice gobbler while groundhog hunting. Got permission from the farmer to hunt him. I sat for 9 DAYS watching, calling, looking in the cold, mist, rain. Day #9 I was ready to quit at 9AM. Decided to stick it out a little longer. The best weather of the 9 days. No answer to calls. 20 minute later he shows rounding a hillside 129 yds. away! I get my .454 Freedom Arms revolver on my Bog Pod tripod and wait for him to go 40 yards to a 6' clearing. I held on the wing butts and fired while he was walking. Down and dead. Why a revolver? I don't own any handguns. I like a challenge. Shotguns are too easy. Why did I get him- patience, persistence, knowing how to shoot, and my life long "turkey luck". This was turkey #36 with this revolver. 21 1/2#, 9" beard, 1 1/2" spurs. Found a bullet that puts a 1 1/4" hole thru the wing butts with no meat damage. Went back here in the fall. After 5 trips I got a 19#, 7"beard, 1" spur gobbler at just 68 yards. He was feeding with 4 hens and one jake. # 37 .454 turkey. Turkey hunting takes more patience than any other animal I've hunted. [/QUOTE]
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