“Last week after getting a beautiful bird in Virginia I headed back north and was in Delaware hunting Thursday morning. Delaware is a tough state to turkey hunt because the public is all permit only. Fortunately a great buddy of mine has access to some private and was able to get me out in it for the second year now. Thursday morning the bird gave us a great show out of the limb gobbling probably over 300 times before we even saw him but he had hens and would not break from them. We let the bird fade away and around 930am we got back on him….worked him in and I missed. Shot my gun later that evening and it was shooting 8 inches high. Not sure what happened but I guess between Virginia and Delaware it got bumped. I decided to take the scope off and we gave the bird a few days break. Well yesterday afternoon he showed back up strutting where he was Thursday morning and I knew we had a good chance thismorming to get another crack at him. It all happened very fast which made for little video but luckily we were still able to get the shot on camera! He gobbled on the limb maybe 10 times today and a few other birds were gobbling in deeper. When they flew down the further birds kept gobbling but he went diligent so we had figured he faded off. Dylan Finkbiner was sleeping when I heard the drumming on a strutting turkey behind us and he was close! I hit him on the shoulder and said do not move! I peaked out the side window and saw 3 hens about 4 yards away and could hear him coming behind the blind. We were not ready at all and the hens came out infront kind of on edge but he strutted right past the blind and into the decoys. Dylan got the camera turned on right in time to catch the ending on the show. Second year hunting Delaware and we were able to get it done again on another gorgeous bird and this time on film! Thankful to get another opportunity at this bird. Huge thanks again to my boy Dylan without you none of this would have been able to happen brotha and letting me sit behind the gun knowing how much it means to me.
Truly one I will never forget!”
Sean Kirk Russel
