I waited for the gobbler that I had heard the last two mornings. At 5:35, I heard a gobbler across the hollow where I had been the previous two mornings. I hurried to a pre-determined site and very quietly set up. I was about 50 to 60 yards from his roosting site. After I had [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Third week gobbler and drive
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Third Week Gobbler Season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
BOY…How I love getting soaked! (In case you are not aware of it, those words are sarcasm!) When I reached the car this morning at around 11:30 I was wet from head to toe. No more Gore-Tex for me. Those boots are not even a year old and my feet were soaked! I have had [...]
Third week Gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I knew I wouldn’t be able to stay in the woods long today. I had an appointment with a fellow for driveway work; had to take a mower for repairs and, mostly, I needed to get a tire repaired on my vehicle. At 3:45 this morning, I was putting air in my tire. It was [...]
Third Saturday Gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 15, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My step father, Bob and I slowly edged along the right-of- way. If the gobbler was there we would be sneaking past him at about forty yards. This is potentially a dangerous manuever. I set Bob up and explained possible scenerios to him and moved around to choose a set up site below this favorite [...]
Second week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I set up very early , in hopes, the big gobbler would be roosted in the same trees as he did over the last several mornings. He was, as were two other gobblers. I was close. While setting there, I heard some close-by rustling and turned to my right to see an opossum at about [...]
second week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Knowing the, probable, pattern of this gobbler, I sent my step father, Bob to the top of the hill near to where the right-of-way and the field intersect. I went across the hollow to wait for what transpires. At 5:30 the gobbler opened up where he was roosting the past morning. I hoped Bob would [...]
Second week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Turkeys!!! My wife thinks I must be crazy to put myself through all of these early morns! Maybe she is correct. I was setting in the gobbler’s roosting area again by 5:15. I heard a gobble across the hollow and near to where I was parked at 5:20. Fifteen minutes later I had approached him [...]
Second week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The gobbler I have been chasing might be an older bird. I settled along the ridge where he seems to like to roost. My very early and quiet approach was a success. The bird was about 125 yards away. He gobbled only twice before becoming quiet. My calls wouldn’t stimulate any desire to gobble again. I [...]
Second week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr… The morning was somewhere in the twenty degree range with frost. I hoped the gobblers would feel invigorated with the cold and gobble their heads off. I guess the birds thought otherwise. I heard two gobblers with only 5 gobbles. I saw only one hen working feeding in a field. Approximately 7:00 the winds began to [...]
Mother’s Day 2010
Posted in My Family on May 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had a busy Mother’s Day this year. Laurie decided to have both our mothers over for a meal and dessert. So the house was full with both mothers, my step-father, my sister, Ruthie and Tim, her husband; Laurie’s one brother, Chris and his girlfriend with her son. Fattening! At the house, we watched some Rose-breasted grosbeaks [...]
