With the start of turkey season here in Pa...I have had the fortunate opportunity to get out and hunt. What a great time to be in the woods. I enjoy listening to the birds and all of natures creatures.
So, Saturday was here and my brother, dad, and me decided to hit the woods behind my house for some good old turkey action. The fact is that I have been seeing several gobblers strutting their stuff within the last few weeks and more importantly, I saw 3 gobblers just the day before on Friday.
So, we wake up at the crack of dawn, you know the 4:30am routine. (Well, my brother forgot to get up until my dad pulled in his driveway, but he made it). Off we got ot the woods set out to bring a gobbler home with us. We waited until the crows were talking and the owls were hooting. Wait...I hear a gobbler. We head off in that direction.
We start through the woods listening for that gobbler. We hear a couple of them now and then so we decide it was time to set up the decoys and take position.
We had two decoys we placed out for all the turkeys to see.
It wasn't five minutes and I see a hen and hear her putting as she walked closer and closer to me. That hen came within 10 yards of me. WOW!! Exciting. All the while I was watching intently behind her waiting for the gobbler to be training. Nothing I thought. Great.
I make a couple of calls and I hear my dad make a couple of calls now and then. We do have another gobbler in the area and it does seem to be getting closer and closer. I sit patiently awaiting it's arrival. It doesn't seem to be talking anymore and must have wondered off in a different direction.
We decide to pull of the decoys and take a look in the field. We make our way over to my dad and listen to him tell us how he saw a gobbler but couldn't see the beard on it because of the brush in front of him. He had that bead all set to fire on that gobblers red head but couldn't place the beard he needed to take the shot. Oh man! Well, we had several gobblers in the area but we just weren't able to pull the trigger. We will try again. I will be out a couple of times this week to try my luck at those sneaky fellows.
We did also see two deer that came into us. It was very cool because the one deer snorted several times at my brother trying to figure out what he was. It was a nice morning to be in the woods.
I'll keep you updated as turkey season presses on.
Best of luck on your next hunt,
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