Ashleigh’s 1st Turkey with Pretty Boy in South Carolina

Ashleigh with her First Turkey and Pretty Boy

Your Pretty Boy and Pretty Girl Decoys are incredible!!! This was my first season going turkey hunting. My boyfriend and I had decided to go hunting late morning (11am) to see if he could call one in for me. Sure enough, within a few minutes of setting up on the edge of the field, we had one gobble at us. Unfortunately, it was coming from behind us so we quickly moved to another field a few yards away. We had the Pretty Boy decoy with a real turkey fan set up on the edge of the field along with a Pretty Girl decoy a little ways away. The tom kept gobbling back at us and I kept patiently waiting for him to come out.

Finally, we see a huge Tom come around the edge of the woods about 100+ yards away. He came out into an open field of oats by himself and saw Pretty Boy. He worked his way to us in full strut as pretty as can be. It seemed like it took forever for him to get to close enough. My heart started beating so fast trying to wait for him to get close enough to shoot. Finally he got about 40 yards away and I couldn't wait any longer. I dropped him with one shot. I was sooo excited!!! He weighed 22 lbs and had 10 ½ inch beard and 1 3/16 inch spurs. I’ll have to admit I’m hooked and can’t wait for next season to get here! I'll definitely be getting my own Pretty Boy and Girl Decoys soon!

Hunting Location: Bamberg County, SC April 2011

Ashleigh C.