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The Foggy Gobbler

More Lessons from a Turkey

by Mike Duggers


Two years ago Digger, my son, and I were hunting with my wife's brother in south Florida. He is a farmer/rancher and his place is loaded with turkeys and we are the only ones who hunt there. He has 2000+ - acres of grove, pasture and cypress/oak swamp. We hunted early that morning and decided to go to the edge of the pasture to look and listen for a bird. It was still real foggy when we got there about 9:30 AM. When we walked out to the edge we saw 2 turkeys run so I cut and cackled to them real hard, quick and loud. There was no response from them but a gobbler double gobbled at my call so we ran over to a small oak tree and got set up. I called again and he triple gobbled and came on the run. Now I could see him at about 60 yards or so. I called again and he double gobbled then came on a dead run toward us and stopped at 30 yards with his neck stretched up looking for that hot hen. I waited for my son to shoot… but he did not… so after 30 seconds or so I shot and killed the bird. I asked why he did not shoot and he said he could not see the bird because his glasses were fogged up too bad to see from the fog, heat, running and his heart beating so fast. We got a good laugh about that and we still laugh about it today. The Osceola weighed 18 1/2 lbs. had 1 1/2" spurs and had an 11 inch beard. Digger did get a bird the next week here at home.

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