Hi John, Here my pictures of the three turkeys I took spring hunting this year. All three of them were taken after I had seen them in fields and stalked them. The biggest was 23 lbs, 10.25 in. beard and 1.25 in. spurs. I missed another on my last day to hunt this year. Regards, ae
Dear MAHA,
We thought the weather would stop us on Thursday to as we awoke to a lot of rain and a forecast for all day showers and Thunderstorms. We headed to breakfast in the hopes the rain would stop. Low and behold it did and we headed out. Without making a peep we heard a gobble around 9:30. We followed the sound and eventually we were right on top of him. Two hens, two jakes, and the one pictured came in. We shot the 1-2 yr old and missed one of the jakes. Friday was terrible all day as the birds pitched out of the trees and never gobbled again. We hit another property midday with the same response. We ended up going back to the original property in the hopes the birds would roost in the same area. Amazingly we had a shot at another bird about quarter to 8. It was a tough shot as the bird was just feet away. We were greeted with the familiar turkey running through the woods. Maybe next year he will be ours. Saturday we were able to work a bird for 1.5 hours with nothing to show. It was still a wonderful day to be out. All told, we could have came home with three birds and instead got one. Who missed and who hit, only a couple people will know. The only thing that really matters though is the picture without the turkey in it. The friendship will be long lasting, while turkeys come and go. Read a detailed, one season turkey hunting account from Andrew, or page 3. Or, take a look at Andrew's deer hunting success? He does both, hunt for trophy whitetail and management harvest of does. Just what all deer hunters should do. |
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I wanted to give you a quick update on my hunting this fall. I had wonderful fall where I was able to fill my freezer. I was bow hunting opening night for deer this year and I took the turkey in the picture. First turkey I took with my bow and hopefully more to come. Also I took two deer during the firearms deer season.
Wednesday started out with a lesson learned. As we got out of the truck we were only 100 yards away from 3-5 toms in the trees. They were on the neighbor’s property, but only 50 or so yards from the property line. We decided to head to the line and hopefully have them pitch into the field we were sitting on. Unfortunately we underestimated how close the birds were to the field and jumped about 25 out of one tree. The gobblers were still going strong back in the woods but they knew something was not right and headed in the same direction as the others. The rest of the day was so windy I couldn’t hear myself think much less a Tom gobbling.
