Tuesday morning I got up before daylight and went to a green field I had seen some birds in the day before. After setting up my decoys by flashlight, I sat against a huge Oklahoma pecan tree and settled in. Shortly after daylight I had two hens come into my setup. They ambled on into the woods and the wind really started to pick up. Not sure if anyone local has noticed, but the wind has been pretty terrible the last few weeks. That morning, they were steady out of the south at 24mph, and were gusting to 40mph.
At 9am I started calling some, at first with a slate but then I picked the volume up with a box call because of the wind. I went through a few call sequences and was getting ready to leave when I saw a tom and a jake coming in from my left. I settled back down and a larger tom came in right behind him. It was obvious he'd seen my decoys and was walking straight to them, which put him on a perpendicular path to me. When he passed behind some limbs I raised my shotgun and let him walk into my shooting lane. One trigger squeeze later, and it was all over for that bird.
The other two birds ran off before I could take another shot. Excited that I'd finally sealed the deal, I stand up and start walking to the bird, and see movement near my feet. A copperhead was coiled back on me about a foot away from me. I took his head off too with the shotgun.
The turkey weighed in at 19 pounds, 6 inch beard, 1/2 inch spurs. He was a 2 year old bird.
Equipment used was a 12 gauge Mossberg Model 88, Remington 3 inch Hevi Shot Number 4, and H S Strut jake and hen decoys. Shot was taken at 35 yards.
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