Little Jerry finally breaks the drought!
Well the old saying a blind hog finds an acorn strikes true as David “Little Jerry” Thoni struck pay dirt on his first ever Tennessee gobbler last Wednesday at Chuck Bean’s trophybasslake.
Standing with Little Jerry now known as “Turkey Tom” is the man himself, Chuck Bean. Chuck is know by many nicknames like 2 buck Chuck(for his uncanny lack of accuracy shooting at big bucks at my farm) but I have a new one for Chuck: The 30 minute turkey hunter. Its a good thing they called and took this bird inside 30 minutes or they would have been up the street at the market having a biscuit!
All kidding aside, I love seeing the look on David’s face here. He has promised more about his hunt in his own words. I’ll post it as soon as I receive.
Mike “9 toes” Huffines and I hunted together and while we did not kill a tom, we did have an an awesome experience. After reading the reviews and seeing the product at the NWTF show, I purchased 2 of The floozie turkey decoys this year. I have never been around a more lifelike decoy in all of my years of hunting. For more on the Floozie, go to their website:
www.thefloozie.net. Mike and I were set up on a woodline bordering a pasture when a hen approched the Floozie. She proceded to give the Floozie a piece of her mind for about 10 minutes. We were sitting 5 yards aways and she never saw us. After 10 minutes, another hen came running up and they than proceded to graze around the floozie, clucking and purring, the whole time. The floozie if full sized, light weight, easy to set up, and shines like the real bird. These decoys are the bomb and you’ll want one when you read the reviews on them.
Keys to this hunt: It happened inside 30 minutes because Chuck and I had hunted and roosted this bird several times. Scouting helped them know where exactly to set up without getting busted in some pretty thin woods on a full moon.
Until next time,
Tight Lines & Struttin Toms,
Lou Hoop