Post by waynecountytrio on Apr 26, 2012 11:37:31 GMT -5
a rainy night and a foggy,,,,,i mean FOGGY morning promised for some exciting action.....until the fog hung around until 9am..until the sun finally decided to burn it off....it might as well of still been dark out where i was at.....well my buddy had prior arrangements that his wife so kindly reminded him of at 930pm last night,,,,that was an akward phone call for him....lol....we all know how that goes at times...so hurry up scramble to find someone to take hunting...my lil step brother...hmmmmmmm.....it would mean making amends with him,,,he recently had some trouble with heroin and my father and i spent the better half of six months tracking down stolen items from pawn shops....we never did recover everything,,,guns...video cameras..jewelery....and numerous other things....any ways..the morning was slow....he had to be at work at 1230 so 10was our out time....at 948 down the hill comes a bird....large body but no visible beard and very light wings....about 200 yds out....looked at it through binoculars and couldnt see a beard but could tell it was a tom /jake....half way across the field i can see about a 4 in beard...or so..maybe 65yds out....turns away and goes back....i made some loud and annoying calls and here he comes.....he stops about 35 yds out splitting the two hen decoys....it is than that i can really see that he has white primary and secondary wing feathers.....when the gun goes boom,,,i can really see them...as hes flying away....ooopss.....he missed.....this is the second bad day he has had with me...the first we was in the HNF and he never loaded a shell....click,,,at 7yds,,,,,after this miss today,,,i looked at him...kinda chuckled and said...atleast ya put a shell in this time!!!!.....he said thanks man,,,,,i thought you hated me>>>>made me stop and think for a minute......i said nahhh...just dont like ya very well.....we laughed and almost forgot about the turkey,,,,,,just seemed odd this bird had white wings????maybe a little sign for peace and forgiveness>??would have loved to have seen this bird up close>>>maybe i will see him again before the season is over...i will try and start remembering the camera again......anybody else have any pics of birds of another color that they have seen afield??? would love to see em
