I define it as hunts with a good friend and gobbling toms that work into the call!

Another great Georgia spring turkey season is in the books. 17 years of fantastic deep South hunting success with Clay!

Saturday morning...



Sunday morning...

suc·cess
[suk-sess]
success (noun)
successes (plural noun)

the accomplishment of an aim or purpose:
"there is a thin line between success and failure"
"the region has had some success in attracting light industry"

1) Being confident in yourself and comfortable with who you are.
2) Having at least a couple people you can count on for anything.
3) Having enough income that you don't have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck.

IMO, if you have those 3 things, you have everything you need.

I have the 3 things listed and...

..4) gobbling turkeys!

Lol

Yep....killing an old gobbler that's been winning all prior contests.

....there is a thin line between killing a gobbler and coming home empty handed.

Nice long beards.

Congrats! 2 great birds.

No story of the hunts? I gotta have something to tide me over until we open in 2 weeks.

Very nice Tom's congrats to both you.

Nice. Very, very nice. Congratulations to the both of you. Throughout my years I've been successful at a lot of different things BUT I've also been unsuccessful at a fair share of things.

I never thought I cared much about turkeys or turkey hunting till my buddy and her dad took me out for spring gobbler. We were unsuccessful but when they started gobbling back at us and eventually came into sight I shook like a leaf. There’s a lot of variables and I realize that success is not guaranteed! It was quite the experience and I look forward to trying again.
Nice going Uncle Swamp!

My mom and I still call them Skeksis when we see a group of them
From the Dark Crystal

That's a great weekend of turkey hunting for sure.

When it works, its awesome. Even when it doesn't, its still a heck of a way to spend time.

We were hunting separately on two different properties about 8 miles apart along same river bottom.

For me, the first morning's setup was at a grassy logging road intersection. 4 or 5 gobblers (some were obvious jakes by their gobbles) sounding off in different directions and distances, but none seemed to be working towards me. About an hour in, one gobbled about 200 yds down the road and was closing the distance...gobbling along the way to my soft calling. He strutted by me at 15yds thru the brush...spitting & drumming....as he was eyeing the AvianX jake and hen decoys....which were 20 yds in front of me. When he cleared into the opening...nite/nite termite!

Second morning...setup at half acre food plot waiting on gobbling to start to see where I needed to be. An owl sounded off nearby and the gobbler rattled the woods from a tree about 300 yds away at the back of a clearcut. Only problem was I almost caught in the open. I scrambled to minimal cover. He continued gobbling at everything, including me and I was expecting him to pitch out any minute, but he didn't. I figured I had screwed up and he could see me, but decided to wait him out. I finally saw him thru binos strutting on a limb in a large pine. He gobbled dozens of times from daybreak to 0920. To shorten this story...a hen walked thru the edge of the plot at 0915. The gobbler pitched out and glided to the plot and went towards where I last saw that hen and went outta sight. I called very softly...couple clucks and light yelps. He gobbled and re-appeared in plot and strutted thru center of plot up to the AvianXs. Shot him at 35 yds. He was only bird I heard this morning.

Clay can post his two hunt stories when he sees this post.

Gobbler details...

Great job Swamp! Not much finer on this earth than chasing gobbling turkeys

Very nice Great job!!
What I enjoy about the spring turkey season is being in the outdoors with all the new life starting. To hear and call a Tom is just a fascinating experience and a start to all the outdoor activities that start the new year for me in the outdoors.

Congratulations. Nice spurs.

Way to go Swamp. Nice hooks. Ours opens in the Deeper South this Friday. Our Turkeys are roaming pretty good now.

Great pics!

Thanks for sharing

Ours opens April 15

Can’t wait!!

Awesome congrats

Great story. My favorite hunting.