Post by featherduster on Apr 27, 2011 19:06:01 GMT -5
IT EVEN RAINED SIDEWAYS:
Just as I got to my ground blind this morning it started raining
(thank GOD I had my double bull set up and ready since Monday).
I set my 2 floozies out and settled in at about 5:15 Chicago time, at about 5:45 the toms started gobblin in the trees and as soon as they flew down they never made another sound all day.
About 6:00 8 hens came out of the woods on my right at about 70 yards away into the open corn field I was set up on and walked dead away never even looking at my decoys..
I was hunting along the edge of an L shaped woods about 20 yards from the inside corner of the woods.
At approx. 6:10 4 toms came out into the field at the same location the hens did and took off after the hens.
The entire group circled up right where the woods ends (about 300 yards away) and stayed there till about 12:10 when the last hen finally slipped free and ran into the woods.
Now without any hens to play with the toms started coming back toward me staying about 15 rows apart and about 30 yards ahead of each other.
As the lead tom got about 65 yards away I thought I would give him a little purr and as soon as I did he did an about face and ran back taking one of the other 3 toms leaving me with 2 toms still comeing.
The two remaining toms were about to enter the woods at the same location they entered the field early in the morning.
I gave them a soft yelp and they stopped,they looked at my decoys and started in my direction,one bird about 40 yards ahead of the other. When the lead turkey got to about 25 yards he went into full strut turning around long enough for me to bring my gun up.
As I had my bead on him I kept watching the second tom that had the most magnicient fan I have ever seen you know the kind I am talking about that has a small peak at the very top of the fan.
DECISIONS DECISIONS.... BIRD IN THE HAND 2 IN THE BUSH.
At 12:27pm I shot the 25 yard bird.
The bird weighed 19lbs. had a 9 and 5/8 inch beard and 20mm spurs.
Some people said they would never hunt from a ground blind but I am hear to tell you that if I didn't have that ground blind I could not have hunted today.
It rained hard and didn't stop till about 11:30. Except for the rain that blew in to the open window I was snug as a bug in a rug.
The bird has been picked clean and is in the freezer awaiting Thanksgiving.
Interesting side note when I checked my bird in they had already checked in about 8, one of the birds had an 11+ inch beard, long spurs but only weighed 12 pounds, the biggest bird weighed 26 pounds.
Just as I got to my ground blind this morning it started raining
(thank GOD I had my double bull set up and ready since Monday).
I set my 2 floozies out and settled in at about 5:15 Chicago time, at about 5:45 the toms started gobblin in the trees and as soon as they flew down they never made another sound all day.
About 6:00 8 hens came out of the woods on my right at about 70 yards away into the open corn field I was set up on and walked dead away never even looking at my decoys..
I was hunting along the edge of an L shaped woods about 20 yards from the inside corner of the woods.
At approx. 6:10 4 toms came out into the field at the same location the hens did and took off after the hens.
The entire group circled up right where the woods ends (about 300 yards away) and stayed there till about 12:10 when the last hen finally slipped free and ran into the woods.
Now without any hens to play with the toms started coming back toward me staying about 15 rows apart and about 30 yards ahead of each other.
As the lead tom got about 65 yards away I thought I would give him a little purr and as soon as I did he did an about face and ran back taking one of the other 3 toms leaving me with 2 toms still comeing.
The two remaining toms were about to enter the woods at the same location they entered the field early in the morning.
I gave them a soft yelp and they stopped,they looked at my decoys and started in my direction,one bird about 40 yards ahead of the other. When the lead turkey got to about 25 yards he went into full strut turning around long enough for me to bring my gun up.
As I had my bead on him I kept watching the second tom that had the most magnicient fan I have ever seen you know the kind I am talking about that has a small peak at the very top of the fan.
DECISIONS DECISIONS.... BIRD IN THE HAND 2 IN THE BUSH.
At 12:27pm I shot the 25 yard bird.
The bird weighed 19lbs. had a 9 and 5/8 inch beard and 20mm spurs.
Some people said they would never hunt from a ground blind but I am hear to tell you that if I didn't have that ground blind I could not have hunted today.
It rained hard and didn't stop till about 11:30. Except for the rain that blew in to the open window I was snug as a bug in a rug.
The bird has been picked clean and is in the freezer awaiting Thanksgiving.
Interesting side note when I checked my bird in they had already checked in about 8, one of the birds had an 11+ inch beard, long spurs but only weighed 12 pounds, the biggest bird weighed 26 pounds.
