Post by Woody Williams on May 11, 2011 10:38:53 GMT -5
I had been hearing a gobbler every morning for the last three mornings that was gobbling across my field , a ditch and another field. A total distance of maybe 300 yards. Yesterday I got him to commit to the edge of the ditch but he would not cross it into my field.
So when I got done hunting yesterday morning I said to myself, “If the gobbler wont come to Woody then Woody will go to the gobbler”. I moved my blind to the other side of the ditch and into his field for this morning’s hunt. The problem now is he is on a ridge that abuts the field. Being not sure if he is roosting at the top or bottom of the ridge I went in real early. I was in my blind at 4:40 Central. I wanted the cover of darkness to slip in. The gobbler did not gobble until about 5:30. He gobbled pretty good even though I was only making clucks.
Then another one joined him as he would start gobbling before the other one finished.Could be the three lonbgbeards I had almost got a shot at Saturday morning.
This went on for about an hour and they had to be just right inside the wood line about 100 yards away. I looked for them to pop out into the field at any time. Henny Penny, Jake the stuffer and I was waiting on them.
All of a sudden I hear “WOOF” and here comes two hounds running right at my decoys. They get within 10 feet of them and I clap my hands real loud. Then they start barking and HOWLING at my decoys. I clapped my hands again and they took off. They ran right to where the turkeys were gobbling. ARRGGGHHH! They no more than hit the woods and they started howling like they were on a trail.
They were both medium sized hounds and neither one had a collar.
Needless to say the morning was ruined at about 7:30.
I’ll be back there tomorrow hoping that the birds weren’t run into the next county.
So when I got done hunting yesterday morning I said to myself, “If the gobbler wont come to Woody then Woody will go to the gobbler”. I moved my blind to the other side of the ditch and into his field for this morning’s hunt. The problem now is he is on a ridge that abuts the field. Being not sure if he is roosting at the top or bottom of the ridge I went in real early. I was in my blind at 4:40 Central. I wanted the cover of darkness to slip in. The gobbler did not gobble until about 5:30. He gobbled pretty good even though I was only making clucks.
Then another one joined him as he would start gobbling before the other one finished.Could be the three lonbgbeards I had almost got a shot at Saturday morning.
This went on for about an hour and they had to be just right inside the wood line about 100 yards away. I looked for them to pop out into the field at any time. Henny Penny, Jake the stuffer and I was waiting on them.
All of a sudden I hear “WOOF” and here comes two hounds running right at my decoys. They get within 10 feet of them and I clap my hands real loud. Then they start barking and HOWLING at my decoys. I clapped my hands again and they took off. They ran right to where the turkeys were gobbling. ARRGGGHHH! They no more than hit the woods and they started howling like they were on a trail.
They were both medium sized hounds and neither one had a collar.
Needless to say the morning was ruined at about 7:30.
I’ll be back there tomorrow hoping that the birds weren’t run into the next county.
h.h.
