Went out again for turkey's today. It was a beautiful, chilly morning. It stormed like a son of a gun yesterday so I was hoping it would turn the birds on today. I went back to the big field and tucked myself into the brush. I started by calling lightly on a slate...nothing. After a while I started softly on my glass call...nothing. I didn't hear a gobble at all. I sat from 5:30 until 6:45 without hearing anything. I won't lie, I was starting to think that I wasn't going to hear anything this season. Then, a truck pulled up to the weigh station...The noise of the truck alllllmost make me think I heard a bird...not a gobble, but something. But I figured I was nuts...about 10 minutes, the truck was still at the station and I heard a gobble that made me pee myself...it was right in the railroad bed. I called and he answered back...I waited a few minutes and called again. He answered back but was it from further away? Is he going the other way down the railroad bed?! NO!!! Just then...he must have been at the edge of the field because he gobbled and it made my hair stand on end. He was close! I waited...and put up my gun aiming out in front of me. I had my decoy about 25 yards in front of me...I managed to peek through the bush that I was up against and saw not one, but two gobblers coming into my decoy. They walked toward her and then stopped just out of my sight. I could see them both through the brush. All of a sudden the truck that was at the station pulled up the road. The birds didn't like that...and they turned to walk back into the woods. I knew that I didn't have much of a choice so I took my gun, stuck it through a hole in the bush and when the second bird walked through the little opening, at 6:50, I shot. He went down and the other bird ran off. I GOT MY FIRST BIRD!!!! I dropped my gun, my call and ran to the bird. I couldn't believe it!! Best day ever! When I got home I went fishing in my kayak and caught a bass...and then I'm going to the Yankee game with Gianna. Life is so good!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Holy Crap!! Turkey down!!!!
Went out again for turkey's today. It was a beautiful, chilly morning. It stormed like a son of a gun yesterday so I was hoping it would turn the birds on today. I went back to the big field and tucked myself into the brush. I started by calling lightly on a slate...nothing. After a while I started softly on my glass call...nothing. I didn't hear a gobble at all. I sat from 5:30 until 6:45 without hearing anything. I won't lie, I was starting to think that I wasn't going to hear anything this season. Then, a truck pulled up to the weigh station...The noise of the truck alllllmost make me think I heard a bird...not a gobble, but something. But I figured I was nuts...about 10 minutes, the truck was still at the station and I heard a gobble that made me pee myself...it was right in the railroad bed. I called and he answered back...I waited a few minutes and called again. He answered back but was it from further away? Is he going the other way down the railroad bed?! NO!!! Just then...he must have been at the edge of the field because he gobbled and it made my hair stand on end. He was close! I waited...and put up my gun aiming out in front of me. I had my decoy about 25 yards in front of me...I managed to peek through the bush that I was up against and saw not one, but two gobblers coming into my decoy. They walked toward her and then stopped just out of my sight. I could see them both through the brush. All of a sudden the truck that was at the station pulled up the road. The birds didn't like that...and they turned to walk back into the woods. I knew that I didn't have much of a choice so I took my gun, stuck it through a hole in the bush and when the second bird walked through the little opening, at 6:50, I shot. He went down and the other bird ran off. I GOT MY FIRST BIRD!!!! I dropped my gun, my call and ran to the bird. I couldn't believe it!! Best day ever! When I got home I went fishing in my kayak and caught a bass...and then I'm going to the Yankee game with Gianna. Life is so good!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Day two of turkey
Well, if it worked for Jeff maybe it would work for me?! I started in the big field today. The weather was just beautiful...started out foggy and warm but soon the sun broke through and it was just an unbelievably beautiful day. I didn't hear a peep or gobble anywhere! After sitting in the big field for two hours I decided to get up and pick around the property...calling in random spots. Nothing at all. I'll be back out again on Friday. Hopefully the calling picks up again.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Opening day of Turkey
I went to the club and pulled into the parking area to find another car there. So I decided to start this morning out at the Cadillac side of the club. I got in the woods just before light. Once it got light I started some soft calling. I didn't hear a gobble until about 7am. It sounded far. Then another gobble 15 minutes later...this one sounded closer but didn't sound like it was coming to me. Well, I guess it wasn't...because at 7:30 I heard a shot. I got out of the woods and went to the parking area to find Jeff and his big gobbler. He set up in the big field. Jeff did say that he saw a bunch of turkey's there last week. So, he left and I picked around the property...calling in various places and setting up for a time. I heard nothing the rest of the day.
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