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 [...]
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Third week Gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
2010 spring gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
What a morning! Cool, clear with a beautiful sunrise. Kip Feroce of www.ferociouscalls.com and I went for a gobbler hunt. Early we set up on two gobblers and all was seeming to fall into place for a good hunt. I was set up close to the birds and the woodland area was predominately open. Kip [...]
2010 spring gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The hike through the dark woods was occasionally illuminated with the lightening across the sky. I remember hearing about “heat” lightening as a boy. I, later, discovered that heat lightening was only far off storms. I heard three different toms at this early morning perch and moved in towards the closest one..still some 500 yards [...]
2010 spring gobbler season
Posted in 2010 Spring Gobbler Season on May 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Another beautiful morning! I literally walked under a longbeard this morning. I glanced at my watch and noticed the 5:48 time. I thought gobbling should be reality any moment now, when an earth-shattering gobble exploded approximately 100 yards from and the area I walked through not more than half an hour ago! I hastily crept [...]
