Post by GS1 on Apr 26, 2014 16:47:29 GMT -5
Yesterday was my first day to hunt and it started out slow. Was hunting a new property and only heard 9 birds. One of them was on his way in when he was confronted by 11 jakes who convinced him that the hen over there wasn't worth it. Pretty slow, but did see 6 mule deer, 2 whitetails and picked up a 130ish scull and 4 pt shed.
Left that property and met a different landowner and he granted us permission to hunt his 1000 acres. As we talked to him for about 2 hours at the property, we heard 2 birds gobble and watched two other strut around the edge of a canyon. Set up and called for about 20 minutes and I was putting a tag on my first bird. A 6 yard shot on camera. Not real pretty.
This morning greeted us with 20 mph winds and 45 degrees and 6 birds gobbling within 200 yards. Armed with a redheart bronze glass call, we managed to pull a couple birds away from a hen and finished the morning with a 12 yard shot on a longbeard.
Headed out now to try to fill my remaining tag and head home. Will have to post pictures later. Just so happens, the internet is not good enough to upload pictures in the middle of nowhere.
Bird one...
Bird two...
Bird three...
I shot the third bird out of the little group of ceders that you can see half way up the hill in the background....
Left that property and met a different landowner and he granted us permission to hunt his 1000 acres. As we talked to him for about 2 hours at the property, we heard 2 birds gobble and watched two other strut around the edge of a canyon. Set up and called for about 20 minutes and I was putting a tag on my first bird. A 6 yard shot on camera. Not real pretty.
This morning greeted us with 20 mph winds and 45 degrees and 6 birds gobbling within 200 yards. Armed with a redheart bronze glass call, we managed to pull a couple birds away from a hen and finished the morning with a 12 yard shot on a longbeard.
Headed out now to try to fill my remaining tag and head home. Will have to post pictures later. Just so happens, the internet is not good enough to upload pictures in the middle of nowhere.
Bird one...
Bird two...
Bird three...
I shot the third bird out of the little group of ceders that you can see half way up the hill in the background....
