Post by firelt72 on Apr 17, 2007 20:22:56 GMT -5
My kids attend a small Christian school aand can buy days off with merits they earn. I told them last night that I was scouting today. They took their day off, that made today a success before I got started.
Anyway we went first to Brown County State Park. They had never heard a turkey gobble, so I figured that I could go there and call without getting in trouble or messing up a hunt for someone(legal hunting). We pulled in about 10am and I hit my owl hoot, cause I left my crow call at home and wham, I get a gobble on the other ridge. I called the kids (11D and 7S) over and hit the mouth call, gobble again and the kids went wild, they were so excited and my son said make it gobble again daddy, so i did, but it wouldn't come any closer. I suggested that we move over to the other ridge (there was a cell tower there and we drove over). We moved to the end of the ridge and I set the kids up by this laydown. I called and here he came on a string right up the side of that ridge. I think if I had put out a deke he'd have walked right up. HE stopped 20 yards below us and was a beautiful bird. Bad news is this, one not in season, two in state park three he shied up just below where the kids could see him. So while we were talking I think he knew the gig was up and bailed.
We moved then to active hunting ground (no calls) and walked around. We kicked up a hen on the nest, my daughter found the nest, there were 8-10 eggs. I also found a lot of activity in my areas. On the way home we saw a strutter and three hens in a field and the kids got to see them with the binocs. All in all a great day to spend with my children BTW I forgot the camera at home (kicking self in the personallity)
Anyway we went first to Brown County State Park. They had never heard a turkey gobble, so I figured that I could go there and call without getting in trouble or messing up a hunt for someone(legal hunting). We pulled in about 10am and I hit my owl hoot, cause I left my crow call at home and wham, I get a gobble on the other ridge. I called the kids (11D and 7S) over and hit the mouth call, gobble again and the kids went wild, they were so excited and my son said make it gobble again daddy, so i did, but it wouldn't come any closer. I suggested that we move over to the other ridge (there was a cell tower there and we drove over). We moved to the end of the ridge and I set the kids up by this laydown. I called and here he came on a string right up the side of that ridge. I think if I had put out a deke he'd have walked right up. HE stopped 20 yards below us and was a beautiful bird. Bad news is this, one not in season, two in state park three he shied up just below where the kids could see him. So while we were talking I think he knew the gig was up and bailed.
We moved then to active hunting ground (no calls) and walked around. We kicked up a hen on the nest, my daughter found the nest, there were 8-10 eggs. I also found a lot of activity in my areas. On the way home we saw a strutter and three hens in a field and the kids got to see them with the binocs. All in all a great day to spend with my children BTW I forgot the camera at home (kicking self in the personallity)
