alf
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Went out the other night to a small 30 acre field that was half corn & half beans, with the beans gone, & corn still standing.
I tucked into the edge of the corn, wind from the SSE over my right shoulder, facing north towards the empty bean field, with a little grass waterway in the middle, & one small tree to hang the caller on at 50 yards to my center right.
I let out several howls, & withing 3-4 minutes I saw a pair way out there hauling ass in my direction. They had disappeared going down the hill out in the pasture, & took several minutes to show to my center left. I couldn't believe they hadn't caught my wind, & when they stopped, I hit a squeaker sound that motivated them to move parallel in front of me.
When the lead one stopped, I shot, & dropped it on the spot. The other one took off & I kept the scope on her acting like she would stop, but never did. She went out of sight, & reappeared out in the pasture. She finally stopped broadside at almost 500, but I declined to shoot, deciding to not educate her.
I took a pic with the scope, then went & gathered him up, disposing of him in a distant fenceline, & went home.
Downloading the "video" the next morning, I found I had forgot to turn on RAV, the recoil activated video. I had switched guns, & had turned it off to check zero, & plum forgot to turn it back on.
And to add insult to injury, for some reason, my pictures & videos self destruct in a day or 2. So no picture either.
Luckily, for some reason, I took a pic with my phone.
Nice adult male. I'm presuming the other was a female, but who knows. I watched it for several minutes way out there, & didn't look spooked, so there's hope to go back another time & close the deal.
I tucked into the edge of the corn, wind from the SSE over my right shoulder, facing north towards the empty bean field, with a little grass waterway in the middle, & one small tree to hang the caller on at 50 yards to my center right.
I let out several howls, & withing 3-4 minutes I saw a pair way out there hauling ass in my direction. They had disappeared going down the hill out in the pasture, & took several minutes to show to my center left. I couldn't believe they hadn't caught my wind, & when they stopped, I hit a squeaker sound that motivated them to move parallel in front of me.
When the lead one stopped, I shot, & dropped it on the spot. The other one took off & I kept the scope on her acting like she would stop, but never did. She went out of sight, & reappeared out in the pasture. She finally stopped broadside at almost 500, but I declined to shoot, deciding to not educate her.
I took a pic with the scope, then went & gathered him up, disposing of him in a distant fenceline, & went home.
Downloading the "video" the next morning, I found I had forgot to turn on RAV, the recoil activated video. I had switched guns, & had turned it off to check zero, & plum forgot to turn it back on.
And to add insult to injury, for some reason, my pictures & videos self destruct in a day or 2. So no picture either.
Luckily, for some reason, I took a pic with my phone.
Nice adult male. I'm presuming the other was a female, but who knows. I watched it for several minutes way out there, & didn't look spooked, so there's hope to go back another time & close the deal.
