Story told by Crew member Brian Eagan:
I roosted this bird on top of a ridge on Crane base the night before opening day. When I got back to the lodge we were staying at on Base I told Brian (Hubie) Huber where I located the bird, he was familiar with this area and told us that the in recent years the birds liked to travel down a certain finger off of this ridge. I took his advice the next morning and took a chance on it....it worked like a charm!!! The bird hit the ground coming my way, closing fast when all of a sudden a hen started cutting back & it seemed like eternity went by of nothing but silence, either the hen dragged him off the other direction or he would be here anytime!! A couple of more sweet yelps and he FIRED his gobble directly in front of me within 30 yards in sight...I was ready to pull the trigger but I had no shot due to trees in the way...this went on 3-4 times...the bird ended up at 9-10 yards before I had a good clear shot, then I pulled the trigger!! The hen was within 5-7 yards directly in front of me!! One of the best hunts I have ever been on!! Thanks to God. And to Hubie for getting me started on turkey hunting!! It don't getting any better than this, life is good!!
Congrats man! Sounds like an awesome day in the turkey woods.
ReplyDelete.........and I really wish you all would quit giving Brian all this credit. His dang head is big enough! Ha ha. I'm beginning to think that none of you all had a clue how to hunt until Brian moved to Bedford! lol
The Hubers are known as natural born killers!
Got to be good at something...might as well be something ya like to do!
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