16ga double in North Georgia

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16ga double in North Georgia

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Got these 2 in Habersham County Ga. on National Forest Land this morning at about 10:30 with my ole Savage 220A 16ga!!!

Got one to gobble about 9 AM that was about 600 or 700 yards away in some steep mountain country!!! I knew it would take a long time to get to him, so I called as I closed the distance. It was a slow go up, and down the mountains till I got to a ridge that ran off the main ridge. I set up, and called to hear one even further that the first one.

After a few minutes of hearing nothing I fell asleep, and was woke up by a gobble at about 100 yards up the main ridge above me, and still over the crest of the ridge. I jumped up ran as fast, and quietly as I could up the ridge to gain some elevation! I stopped, and finely got a few yelps out as I caught my breath, and the 2 gobblers gobbled still on the other side of the ridge. I moved up to a log, and set down which put me 30 yards from the top. I yelped, and they had gone away, but moved more closer to the top.

I knew I was as close as I could get, and hoped they would come off the side of the ridge to where I was. I yelped, and they were on the way. They came to 20 yards, and the ole Savage barked, and one was down. The other one took off back up the ridge, so I called, and he gobbled. I saw him coming back down the ridge, and when he was at about 30 yards I saw how big he was, and the ole Savage barked again. Down went number two doing back flips all the way to the bottom of the mountain!!! In the mountains no pain no gain!!! Got to love it, or hunt flatland!!! When the wife goes it’s flatland, but I love the mountains!!!
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Steve, that's a fine pair of hard earned birds. Good job. Gil
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Very nice!
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Fantastic, I like how you described the pain in your pursuit. Congrats!
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I think either of those turkeys would rank as my best set of spurs. Absolutely awesome.
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Mounting hunting is my favorite by far!
Congrats on the double!
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Thanks fellas, mountain hunting is hard most of the time, and my knees tell me about it, but I love it!!!
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Congrats, Steve. Nicely done.
I’m all for mountain hunting.
As long as it’s all downhill!! :LMAO:
No mountain climbing turkeys in my future.
Come to think about it... There are none in my past either!!
Way to go!!
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Congrats 2shooter!
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Hognutz wrote: April 13th, 2018, 12:27 pm Congrats, Steve. Nicely done.
I’m all for mountain hunting.
As long as it’s all downhill!! :LMAO:
No mountain climbing turkeys in my future.
Come to think about it... There are none in my past either!!
Way to go!!
Thanks Mr nutz!!! :D
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bullethead wrote: April 13th, 2018, 1:40 pm Congrats 2shooter!
Thanks bullethead
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BEAUTIFUL!!!


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Way to go. Good job. 👍🏻
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you done good bud. nice combo
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Very nice I’m with you on the mountain hunting congrats
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Great story and you killed them with a fine gun. Congrats!
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Thanks fellas, that gun is very special to me I built it in memory of my dad!!! He loved a 16ga!!!
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mountains are all ive ever hunted, I more or less hunt ski slopes.
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