Well the sling came in very handy this week in New Mexico. Despite the wind we were able to take 2 turkeys between 3 of us. I hope to get back there again before the end of the season. We hunted hard and had a hard time calling birds, my hunting partner called in a Jake the first morning. The third day I packed up to get ahead of a storm that was moving in. I decided I would try one more area.
I spotted turkeys crossing a road ahead of me, and they started to run and scatter. Stopped the truck, got my 8 gauge out of the and started out at an angle to cut them off. At about 80 to 90 yards I yelped and a hen turned back, the Tom started to follow. At about 50 yards the Tom spotted be and turned to run. Touched of the right barrel and in my excitement slipped back to the rear trigger about a split second apart. Not sure if the second shot was on or over, but the Tom went down.
My AZ hunt starts a week from today, cannot use the 8 gauge yet as the ruling does not go into effect until July 1st. Not sure what I will hunt with but this turkey hunting is addicting.
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