First Idaho bird!

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HuntInWild88
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First Idaho bird!

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So a bit of back fill. I have been hunting birds since I was about 12ish. I have completed my first all public land slam when I was 22. I then got stationed over seas and havant had the chance to get back in the spring until I got stationed in idaho this past fall.
I finally got some one at work to tell me a general area to try for a bird.
It was opening weekend my wife and I had never been to this part of idaho and day before opening day we drove around looking for sign hoping for a gobble somewhere. Nothing but a few tracks in the snow. So we woke up to cloudy skies. Not a single gobble was heard for the first part of the morning. The wife and I climbed up this mountain trying to get on top of some ridges when we started seeing a good amount of turkey turds. Thinking to my self. Not sure when they come through here but they sure do use this area! Walking across the ridge top we heard a couple clicks and putts just down over the hill. We set up and called in a loan hen. But while talking to her we got a bird to gobble on the next ridge over. Looked at the map and there was a road that lead us that way. So we started off a half mile later and 500ft in elevation gain. We set up and called a bit. Never answered us. But about 10min of sitting there here comes never went into to strut and was with a hen. All I could see was his head and they seemed like they were about to leave. So Boom!!! Turned out to be a Jake with a 4 1/2" beard. But I couldn't have been more happy. My wife got to watch and video it all. I shot this bird at 5000ft in elevation!! I'm originally from indiana so these mountain birds are new to me!
Now it my wife's turn.
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Nice, sound like the way it is going many would settle for a jake
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Thats pretty cool and congrats ! Nothing like hunting the west. I have killed 5 so far 2 in Kansas, 1 in Nebraska and 2 in Montana ! Good luck to your wife !
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Good hunting beautiful bird
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Congrats on the gobbler. How cool is that!!
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Thanks guys. Hopefully the weather will start acting right and the birds will start breeding. That should bring the long beards out!
The closest thing to this that I have hunted was NW Nebraska.
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Congrats on a beautiful bird! Best of luck to ur bride!!!


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Mountain gobblers is funner hunting. Indiana is nice, but man I can’t wait to get down to eastern Ky to hunt Appalachia
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Beautiful bird and great story....and thank you for your service!!!


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