Bob and I were setting along a field line watching the full moon slowly hide behind the tree line. I heard a very subtle gobble. We waited and began a move in an attempt to locate the bird. The walk was brief when another tom gobbled. Unfortunately, he was across a road near a residential [...]
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A Hunt With Bob
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season, My Family on May 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Second Tag
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I waded the high grass of the reclaimed strip and right-of-way and was rather soaked before I had even set down in the woods. Some of the grasses on the right-of-way were actually as tall as I am! I eased into the woods where the gobbler sounded off yesterday. To my surprise at 4 minutes after [...]
Last week
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I discarded the inedible turkey parts in the woods. This has been my custom. I believe the feathers will go for nesting materials and the remains will return back to the earth either through consumption by other wildlife or the natural processes. I continued up over the hill to try for another gobbler with my [...]
Success!
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I tried, once again, to locate a gobbler at my favorite area. Nothing! I was blessed to play around with two buck. One buck had an impressive rack going. I could see six points and the height was about 3 inches over his ear. The other buck had four points. I took some photos, but , [...]
Last week gobbler season and hot!
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I arrived very early and sat down hoping to hear a gobbler. No luck! A deer snorted at me in the darkness. It, probably, smelled my banana. A began a tour of the area and failed to muster and gobbling. However, I visited the hen and she was still on her nest. I hope she [...]
Wet morning
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I decided to go out and chance the rain this morning. I gave Susie her insulin shot and arrived to the woods at 7:30. The rain started again shortly after I began my trek into the woods. At 9:00 I was soaked and went home to check on the contractor driveway work. They were to [...]
Third week of gobbler season and drive
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I told myself there would be three things I knew would happen this morning. One was a prediction that no birds would be around me today. Another thought was that I would not go across the creek after that bird today! The last one was , if I went after a far off bird he [...]
Third week gobbler and drive
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bob and I set up very early with high hopes that the old gobbler would be roosting in the same area. We were disappointed when he failed to gobble. In fact, this would be the first time in almost three weeks a gobbler didn’t greet the morning. However, I heard one across the road and Cherry [...]
Third week gobbler and drive
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
