Vermont Turkey

Steve Leffler · May 13, 2018, 09:59:30 PM

[attachment=1,msg2797102][attachment=2,msg2797102][attachment=3,msg2797102][attachment=4,msg2797102]Thursday evening I put a Tom to roost that I have been working on since the season started. He had been giving me trouble and wouldn't come to calls after fly down. Friday morning I snuck in as close as I dared in the pitch dark. No flashlight and tried to be as quiet as possible. He gobbled once from the roost and I was worried that I was almost too close to him. I didn't dare call at all. Just after 5 am he pitched out of the tree and landed right in the decoys! I made a good shot and my landshark hit right on the money. He only made it about 30 yards. I checked my watch and it was 5:04.
My biggest VT bird: 22.5 lbs. Inch 1/4 spurs. 8 inch beard.

SAM E. STEPHENS · May 13, 2018, 10:28:37 PM

Well done sir , well done....

,,Sam,,,

Caddo · May 13, 2018, 11:00:35 PM

Awesome! Very well done!

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Bisch · May 13, 2018, 11:22:21 PM

Way to go!

Congrats!

Bisch

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joe vt · May 14, 2018, 06:46:52 AM

Great job Steve!!! Nice bird for sure.

Roy from Pa · May 14, 2018, 06:59:19 AM

Nice, congrats.
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Jack Denbow · May 14, 2018, 08:35:08 AM

Well done Steve, nice bird.
Jack

Cory Mattson · May 14, 2018, 09:19:36 AM

Very cool - good shooting
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Duckbutt · May 15, 2018, 06:38:00 AM

Way to go, Steve! Did you get to Nebraska?

4runr · May 15, 2018, 06:45:07 AM

Nice hooks on that ole boy!!

Well done , Sir!

JakeD · May 15, 2018, 07:02:01 AM

Very nice! Congratulations!

Steve Leffler · May 15, 2018, 09:05:04 AM

Julian,

Joey and I didn't go. I ended up using my airline ticket to go to Wyoming and hang out with my buddy for 5 days. We elk scouted and deer scouted a new ranch. I bought a turkey tag and was lucky to get this bird the second morning[attachment=1]

Sam McMichael · May 15, 2018, 09:22:22 AM

Congratulations! Your persistence paid off with a nice bird.

Kopper1013 · May 15, 2018, 12:12:09 PM

Very nice congratulations

Warden609 · May 15, 2018, 05:22:42 PM

Congrats!!

Sean B · May 15, 2018, 06:47:35 PM

Well done Steve!!

matt schuster · May 16, 2018, 08:01:00 PM

Congrats Steve!! Is that the same ranch that you elk hunt?

Steve Leffler · May 16, 2018, 09:16:22 PM

Same place Matt. We found some nice elk sheds.

Birdbow · May 17, 2018, 03:22:37 PM

Hey Steve! Well done & congrats! Still after 'em here in the Granite State

Alexander Traditional · May 17, 2018, 03:25:09 PM

Nice shooting,congrats!

What kind of bow is that?