If your a bad luck charm Doc I'm glad you didn't go with me this morning. I connected on a 2yr old 20lbs. with a 9in. beard and 1in. spurs. He wasn't the biggest bird in the world but he sure helped relieve that ich in my finger and now I can go after a big one.

Congratulations!!:thumb:

If your a bad luck charm Doc I'm glad you didn't go with me this morning. I connected on a 2yr old 20lbs. with a 9in. beard and 1in. spurs. He wasn't the biggest bird in the world but he sure helped relieve that ich in my finger and now I can go after a big one.

 

When is dinner?

 

Going solo tomorrow, and I don't care if it hairlips the Pope.

:laugh::laugh: That's the funniest thing that have heard in quite while. That's funnyright threre, I don't care who you are. :lol:

If your a bad luck charm Doc I'm glad you didn't go with me this morning. I connected on a 2yr old 20lbs. with a 9in. beard and 1in. spurs. He wasn't the biggest bird in the world but he sure helped relieve that ich in my finger and now I can go after a big one.

Congrats and good luck.

Thanks All!! Going to enjoy it!

Told you cvillecat and doc would give you some avice. I have hunted for most of my life but I personally have never turkey hunted. This is the time of the year that the bass are up shallow and hungry as well.

I told cville that I would go with him but I wondered if ol three toes would hit a corn colored spinnerbait....LOL.

Boys.....The midget is snakebit.......plain and simple.

 

Let me lay it out for you.

 

We went to scout a place that a friend said had "tons of turkeys on it". It was barren. No turkey sign. No roost trees. Come to find out, they saw them in the winter, not since.

 

So, a friend calls at 7:00 and says "Get over here, the turkey is strutting up the cemetery road." So, off we went. Got there, and sure enough, there he was. We belly crawled to a pile of fresh cut oak logs and kept the pile between us and the tom. He's 65 yds. strutting and taking three steps at a time, literally 10 min. at that rate from being at 30 yards. Then..........out of the blue, from the other side of the cemetery comes a car. Pulls up, rolls down the window and then a kid jumps out and chases the turkey over the hill.

 

How could I make that up?

 

Bless his heart, he said "I should have shot at the kid". I feel his pain.

 

Funnier part, other than my friend says "I've never seen anyone at that cemetery", is that on the way out, I told him, look up in the trees, he probably flew up in one. And sure enough, there the tom was, at he top of an oak tree, sticking out like a sore thumb.

 

What can I say?

Boys.....The midget is snakebit.......plain and simple.

 

Let me lay it out for you.

 

We went to scout a place that a friend said had "tons of turkeys on it". It was barren. No turkey sign. No roost trees. Come to find out, they saw them in the winter, not since.

 

So, a friend calls at 7:00 and says "Get over here, the turkey is strutting up the cemetery road." So, off we went. Got there, and sure enough, there he was. We belly crawled to a pile of fresh cut oak logs and kept the pile between us and the tom. He's 65 yds. strutting and taking three steps at a time, literally 10 min. at that rate from being at 30 yards. Then..........out of the blue, from the other side of the cemetery comes a car. Pulls up, rolls down the window and then a kid jumps out and chases the turkey over the hill.

 

How could I make that up?

 

Bless his heart, he said "I should have shot at the kid". I feel his pain.

 

Funnier part, other than my friend says "I've never seen anyone at that cemetery", is that on the way out, I told him, look up in the trees, he probably flew up in one. And sure enough, there the tom was, at he top of an oak tree, sticking out like a sore thumb.

 

What can I say?

 

Unbelievable and you are right Doc, how could anyone make that up?

Just keep positive Lil' Doc, you are paying your dues and you have great Dad that is taking you hunting and in the outdoors. Son, you have already won :thumb:.

By the way, for what it's worth I still think the the litle guy will connect this season.

:laugh::laugh: That's the funniest thing that have heard in quite while. That's funnyright threre, I don't care who you are. :lol:

 

Congrats and good luck.

Told you cvillecat and doc would give you some avice. I have hunted for most of my life but I personally have never turkey hunted. This is the time of the year that the bass are up shallow and hungry as well. I told cville that I would go with him but I wondered if ol three toes would hit a corn colored spinnerbait....LOL.

 

You can bet we will be doing some fishing also....He has 3-4 different ponds...

one is spring fed and he stocks it with trout every year!!!!

You can bet we will be doing some fishing also....He has 3-4 different ponds...

one is spring fed and he stocks it with trout every year!!!!

 

So, what time are you picking me up??

 

Have a great time ZX3, you and your boy will be making memories that will last a lifetime, you can't get these times back so just treasure every moment that you can in the outdoors hunting and fishing.. :thumb:

Boys.....The midget is snakebit.......plain and simple.

 

Let me lay it out for you.

 

We went to scout a place that a friend said had "tons of turkeys on it". It was barren. No turkey sign. No roost trees. Come to find out, they saw them in the winter, not since.

 

So, a friend calls at 7:00 and says "Get over here, the turkey is strutting up the cemetery road." So, off we went. Got there, and sure enough, there he was. We belly crawled to a pile of fresh cut oak logs and kept the pile between us and the tom. He's 65 yds. strutting and taking three steps at a time, literally 10 min. at that rate from being at 30 yards. Then..........out of the blue, from the other side of the cemetery comes a car. Pulls up, rolls down the window and then a kid jumps out and chases the turkey over the hill.

 

How could I make that up?

 

Bless his heart, he said "I should have shot at the kid". I feel his pain.

 

Funnier part, other than my friend says "I've never seen anyone at that cemetery", is that on the way out, I told him, look up in the trees, he probably flew up in one. And sure enough, there the tom was, at he top of an oak tree, sticking out like a sore thumb.

 

What can I say?

 

If I was the midget, with the luck he's had this year I might have shot the kid then shot the old Tom out of the tree.:lol::lol::lol:

Gentlemen, banner day in the life of spindoc!

:dancingpa

Got to go with my dad this morning and I went one direction, he went the other. Great to get out with my old man! I knew if I were unencumbered that I'd get a crack at the boss. He gobbled once on the limb, done, pitched down, strutted all the way to an open point and spit and drummed to gather his harem. So, I never made a peep, kept tabs on him as he kept up the ruuuuuuuuuuummmmph! Put the super sneak on and as he strutted his way into view, I clucked, he should have ducked, and the boss is in the fridge. 25.14 lbs, 1-1/8 spurs and a first for me, his beard was as big around as a quarter and broken off at around 3 inches, white on the tips, I don't know if it froze, mites, what! He was big fun. And the pope's lip is still intact!

 

But,,,,,,,the most important issue of the day is this.....the midget is officially on the board!!

The only downside is I am in Lex. for a basketball tourney and he was with my dad. I sent him back to the place that the kid ran the tom off and he and my dad set up in a 2-man blind and stuck a jake decoy out and they said that the tom tried to "stomp the guts out of the jake" and the midget waxed him. One of the best phone calls I ever received. A memory that he and my dad will never forget. I suppose that he just needed me out of town to unload the dead weight. Now there's the issue of taxidermy. Bird was 21.4 lbs, 9-1/2in. beard, 1in. spurs. Like I said, banner day in the spindoc household!!! Oldrambler was right!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

Gentlemen, banner day in the life of spindoc!

:dancingpa

Got to go with my dad this morning and I went one direction, he went the other. Great to get out with my old man! I knew if I were unencumbered that I'd get a crack at the boss. He gobbled once on the limb, done, pitched down, strutted all the way to an open point and spit and drummed to gather his harem. So, I never made a peep, kept tabs on him as he kept up the ruuuuuuuuuuummmmph! Put the super sneak on and as he strutted his way into view, I clucked, he should have ducked, and the boss is in the fridge. 25.14 lbs, 1-1/8 spurs and a first for me, his beard was as big around as a quarter and broken off at around 3 inches, white on the tips, I don't know if it froze, mites, what! He was big fun. And the pope's lip is still intact!

 

But,,,,,,,the most important issue of the day is this.....the midget is officially on the board!!

The only downside is I am in Lex. for a basketball tourney and he was with my dad. I sent him back to the place that the kid ran the tom off and he and my dad set up in a 2-man blind and stuck a jake decoy out and they said that the tom tried to "stomp the guts out of the jake" and the midget waxed him. One of the best phone calls I ever received. A memory that he and my dad will never forget. I suppose that he just needed me out of town to unload the dead weight. Now there's the issue of taxidermy. Bird was 21.4 lbs, 9-1/2in. beard, 1in. spurs. Like I said, banner day in the spindoc household!!! Oldrambler was right!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

 

:thumb::thumb::thumb:Congrats to your son Doc. I'm tickled to death for you guys: I would have given anything to see the smile on pop's face when Ol' Three Toes did the flop.

:dancingpa

Gentlemen, banner day in the life of spindoc!

:dancingpa

Got to go with my dad this morning and I went one direction, he went the other. Great to get out with my old man! I knew if I were unencumbered that I'd get a crack at the boss. He gobbled once on the limb, done, pitched down, strutted all the way to an open point and spit and drummed to gather his harem. So, I never made a peep, kept tabs on him as he kept up the ruuuuuuuuuuummmmph! Put the super sneak on and as he strutted his way into view, I clucked, he should have ducked, and the boss is in the fridge. 25.14 lbs, 1-1/8 spurs and a first for me, his beard was as big around as a quarter and broken off at around 3 inches, white on the tips, I don't know if it froze, mites, what! He was big fun. And the pope's lip is still intact!

 

But,,,,,,,the most important issue of the day is this.....the midget is officially on the board!!

The only downside is I am in Lex. for a basketball tourney and he was with my dad. I sent him back to the place that the kid ran the tom off and he and my dad set up in a 2-man blind and stuck a jake decoy out and they said that the tom tried to "stomp the guts out of the jake" and the midget waxed him. One of the best phone calls I ever received. A memory that he and my dad will never forget. I suppose that he just needed me out of town to unload the dead weight. Now there's the issue of taxidermy. Bird was 21.4 lbs, 9-1/2in. beard, 1in. spurs. Like I said, banner day in the spindoc household!!! Oldrambler was right!!!!:banana::banana::banana:

 

Grreat day for you and what a big tom you connected on! Congrats!!

 

Now for the most important important matter at hand and that being The Midget scores :dancingpa:flame:.

I know that you wish that you could have been there but him being with his grandfather was special as well, I would have loved to had seen him (both of them) when thery walked up on ol' Tom and got there hands on him!.............(you know ol' papa Doc is not going to let you live this one down don't you.)

 

Congrats again and a very special congrats to Lil' Spindoc, aka: the midget!!

 

 

(Now you just need to get him wearing Orange and Black and playing down here in RamLand.) :thumb:

Here's little man and his prize.

Congratulations to you spindoc and the midget. You got it right by thanking the Lord!!

Here's little man and his prize.

 

The smile on his face tells the story!!!

Congrats again to your huntin buddy on a job well done!!!:thumb:

Here's little man and his prize.

 

Thanks for the pic Spindoc, and Lil' Doc (aka:the Midget) congrats to you again. I know that you are thrilled and there has got to be a Grandpa Doc that still hasn't gotten the smile off of his face.

Congrats again to all!:ylsuper: