Ontario Turkey

[PJC]

Not the best photo but it was the end to a dry spell as I did not get a bird last year due to my back problems.
It is about an 18 pound jake.
90gr of FFFG and 1.5 oz of #5 shot.
He was shot at a touch over 30 yards.
38 inch Colerain turkey choke barrel is awsome!

My partner and I set up on a BIG tom and 4 hens but two Jakes came in from about 6-800 yards away. Not even in the same little woodlot that we were set up in. I was happy to shoot him and now I am going to try for something bigger.

Pat Cameron

 

[George]

Congratulations on the end of your dry spell. I will always love jakes. I remember in great detail the first turkey I ever had come to my calling, Two jakes were 250 yards away, and when I gave my first ever series of plain yelps they both turned and ran toward me as if I had strings on them. They both ran right up to my decoy and I killed my first ever turkey on my own. Never say bad things about jakes! :haha:

Spence

 

[NJ Longbeard]

Sweet! Hope to get one with my new 16 ga. fowler I recently built. I used a colrain 44" fowler barrel with the stock open choke. Shots a nice pattern of 1 5/8 oz. of #6s out to 30 yards. Good Job! :hatsoff:

 

[Skychief]

Atta boy Pat! Nice bird and a good looking gun too. :thumbsup:

Good luck on the next one, Skychief.

 

[Skychief]

By the way, how many does Ontario allow you to take in a season? :idunno:

Good luck.

 

[roundball]

I think there's an old saying:
"a Jake in the sights is worth 2 Toms in the bush"...or something like that...Congratulations !
:thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

Good job! grats! :thumbsup:

 

[wattlebuster]

Congrats on a pretty bird and smoothbore :hatsoff:

 

[PJC]

Skychief,
In Ontario we are allowed two birds. One per day, two bird limit per season.

PJC

 

[Skychief]

Looking forward to your next harvest!

Good luck, Skychief. :thumbsup:

 

[Tony Logan]

that's great :thumbsup: , nice looking gun as well

 

[chance]

Congrats on a great hunt!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jeffdrown]

...wonderful !!!!

 

[Leon/Iowa]

Congratulations on the bird. Should be good eating.

 

[bigbore442001]

Excellent shooting. Normally when I envision Ontario I do not think of turkey but of moose and bear. The region you hunt in must be unique and rewarding in many ways.

 

[majg1234]

woooo whooooo you'll remember that hunt forever :hatsoff:

 

[Staggerwing]

Great job, Pat!! That'll be some fine eatin'! :bow:

 

[hawk]

nice bird and gun Pat :hatsoff: ...were you in the Waterloo area still?

 

[PJC]

Yes, Still in that area. This bird was just north of Fergus.
My brother is visiting from New Brunswick.
Had him out hunting Turkey after the bird in this photo. It was a damp, windy, rainy day so we had to resort to the Ithica 12ga. He ended up shooting a Jake. He had a decoy in front of him and I was calling 7-8 yards behind him. We had three Jakes between him and me. Two jakes and a hen in front of him. He ended up shooting one of the jakes and his first turkey ever.
We were out bow hunting turkey today as we can not hunt with a long gun on Sundays. Just archery. I called in a nice Tom to 20 yards but we could not put it together and the Tom got away with just an education. Tomorrow is the last day of his visit. It is suppose to rain all day. We'll see what the morning brings.

PJC

 

[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Good luck the rest of your season.Oh'yes,congrats on the jake.Griz