Post by danf on May 4, 2008 10:10:25 GMT -5
Long story, short; Anything and everything that could go wrong this morning, DID.
Dad and I thought we had a tom pretty well patterned. Turns out we think we may have spooked him yesterday and he changed his routine...
Thought we'd be alone where we first set up, turns out we weren't, so we moved pretty quickly right after light...
Got set up in a new area, while Dad was setting up decoys I took a leak. About the time I was done, he says "Turkey!" and points at the edge of the ridge. There Dad was, 30' from his gun. There I was, just like the old cartoon, standing next to my gun with my fly open. ;D I think it was a hen though, and she left pretty quickly.
About 10 minutes after we sat down and had started calling, I realized I hadn't re-chambered a shell in my gun, since I emptied the chamber before we moved. Ooooops! Fortunately I remembered before I needed to shoot.
We moved again after we realized the tom was strutting. Tried to get between him and where we thought he be going. I simply ran out of time and had to leave, and left Dad in the woods.
On the way home, what do I see, but 6-7 turkeys in the field on the side of the road, with at least one tom....
Not sure how much more hunting I'm gonna be able to do- next weekend I've got to help a co-worker with his roofing project.
Dad and I thought we had a tom pretty well patterned. Turns out we think we may have spooked him yesterday and he changed his routine...
Thought we'd be alone where we first set up, turns out we weren't, so we moved pretty quickly right after light...Got set up in a new area, while Dad was setting up decoys I took a leak. About the time I was done, he says "Turkey!" and points at the edge of the ridge. There Dad was, 30' from his gun. There I was, just like the old cartoon, standing next to my gun with my fly open. ;D I think it was a hen though, and she left pretty quickly.
About 10 minutes after we sat down and had started calling, I realized I hadn't re-chambered a shell in my gun, since I emptied the chamber before we moved. Ooooops! Fortunately I remembered before I needed to shoot.
We moved again after we realized the tom was strutting. Tried to get between him and where we thought he be going. I simply ran out of time and had to leave, and left Dad in the woods.
On the way home, what do I see, but 6-7 turkeys in the field on the side of the road, with at least one tom....
Not sure how much more hunting I'm gonna be able to do- next weekend I've got to help a co-worker with his roofing project.
