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turkey decoy

Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 6:33 pm
by Merganser
Shot my first turkey with my new decoy I made ,this not my first turkey but first using this decoy ,I sat tight for 5 1/2 hours to shot this tom with no gobbling for 4 hours when three toms were sneaking up on me and manged this one out of the bunch 10 1/2 beard ,1 1/8 spurs,weighed about 20 lbs.
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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 6:41 pm
by Out4trout
Congrats - that's a fine looking Tom.
The decoy looks really nice too. I'd like to see a few more pics of the decoy and how it was made!!

Nice work...

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:07 pm
by LeGrand
Congrats. Good patience.

How did you make that decoy? You have a mold or something or is it made of wood??

nice!!

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:45 pm
by tinman454
Nice job on the deak Nice job Good bird !!

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 6:02 pm
by Merganser
Some more info on the decoy the body was made out of white pine and hollowed out,the head and neck is basswood,and the tail white cedar,all three are seperate pieces and then assemble out in the woods .
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nice

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:54 am
by tinman454
Very cool Great work !!

decoy

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:17 am
by Super
Great job on the decoy.
It must feel great to see your hard work making the decoy pay off with 3 gobblers thinking she was hot!!!
Congrats on the turkey too.
Super.

congrats

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:28 am
by C5
nice bird congrats!