Post by HighCotton on Apr 27, 2014 9:08:41 GMT -5
My friend has been all jacked up about turkey hunting for weeks. He's never been out before and asked if I would help him through the process. It's kind of weird not knowing what to expect on a strange property. We got out in plenty of time, pitch dark except for a sliver of a moon and the stars. I had us hunker down for a good 20 minutes with our backs against a tree and a makeshift blind blocking us a bit before hitting a locator call. I hit the owl...no reaction. A few minutes later, I gave a good yelp and the tree ~70 yards to our southwest exploded in a gobble wobble! I wish I could have taken a picture of my buddy's face. I love that 1st time excitement!
I yelped a bit later at shooting light and imitated flydown. Immediately, I heard flydown and we saw the shadowy figure of hens come down in the field 100 yard to our south. And the gobbler sounded off a few more times before joining the hens. We ended up watching them for over an hour but could close the distance no more than 70 yards when a low flying Ultra Light scared them all off into the woods!
But man, was that exciting! And I think Jamie is hooked for life!!!
Here he is on watch!
And the scene unfolding...
I yelped a bit later at shooting light and imitated flydown. Immediately, I heard flydown and we saw the shadowy figure of hens come down in the field 100 yard to our south. And the gobbler sounded off a few more times before joining the hens. We ended up watching them for over an hour but could close the distance no more than 70 yards when a low flying Ultra Light scared them all off into the woods!
But man, was that exciting! And I think Jamie is hooked for life!!!
Here he is on watch!
And the scene unfolding...
