Post by hornharvester on Apr 21, 2007 15:05:52 GMT -5
Picked up 14 year old Garret at 4AM and off to the woods at Salamonie Reservoir.
We hit the woods at 5:30 and set up the blind and decoys. Heard very little gobbling at a distance. About 9:30 a hen came by scratching and feeding along.
Around 11:30 Garret said i see something black over there so i hit the call and sure enough out struts a nice long beard. Hes looking for the decoys and after a few more soft calls he spots them and comes on the trot, all fanned out. He stops no more than 10 yds but Garret can see him because of the blind and a tree in the way. All of a sudden a second bird comes behind him and its a jake. I could have spit on the long bird but Garret was setting beside me and couldn't see him. The long beard finally backs away and walks were Garret cant shoot. Soon the jake starts to follow but Garret can see him good enough to shoot so he takes the shot at 25 yds and downs him.
He weighed 15 lbs, 4 in beard and 5mm spurs. Garret was proud of his bird and I was proud of Garret. Great hunt with a youth. h.h.
We hit the woods at 5:30 and set up the blind and decoys. Heard very little gobbling at a distance. About 9:30 a hen came by scratching and feeding along.
Around 11:30 Garret said i see something black over there so i hit the call and sure enough out struts a nice long beard. Hes looking for the decoys and after a few more soft calls he spots them and comes on the trot, all fanned out. He stops no more than 10 yds but Garret can see him because of the blind and a tree in the way. All of a sudden a second bird comes behind him and its a jake. I could have spit on the long bird but Garret was setting beside me and couldn't see him. The long beard finally backs away and walks were Garret cant shoot. Soon the jake starts to follow but Garret can see him good enough to shoot so he takes the shot at 25 yds and downs him.
He weighed 15 lbs, 4 in beard and 5mm spurs. Garret was proud of his bird and I was proud of Garret. Great hunt with a youth. h.h.
