Success in the wind

[az41mag]

Thought I'd share this year's bird, as I enjoy reading others posts on here and figured I should contribute. Had to endure some brutal wind on this hunt but was able to find this guy early on his roost. Got set up where I thought he'd go and of course his fly down path was not what I had planned for when I got set up in my spot. Despite that I was able to keep him interested after he flew down with the softest purrs and light yelps I could make on a slate call. He tried his best to convince me that I should go to him, but after about 30 minutes of that game (and thankfully no real hens around), he finally made his way to me. He hung up at about 70 yards, but I changed it up with some yelps from one of Little Creeks mouth calls. That flipped his switch and he came into range. One shot and he was done. Prior to the shot, this bird had some of the most radiant red and blue color in his head that I've ever seen on a turkey. I suspect he had been perched on that tree all night by himself with only one thing on his mind.  A big thanks goes to Little Creek as he makes some very good calls and is a member here. Good luck to all those with tags left to fill.

 

[Little Creek Calls]

Congratulations on the nice Tom. Glad the calls worked out for you. Thanks for posting the story, I enjoy reading all the hunt write-ups as well.

[Chef]

Way to go and thanks for sharing your success!

I like the photo setup.  Nicely done.

[Grugle]

Congratulations the wind was brutal on the first 3-4 days ! Way to hang in there and get it done ! Thanks for the story.