What a beautiful morning in the fields and woodlands! I set up on a longbeard. He left the roost and began the course towards my calling site. Unfortunately, I heard a few clucks and purrs of a hen(s) earlier. The tom was under 100 yards from me, but still not visable. Suddenly silence! Of course, turkey chasers know that can be a sign that he is coming on in. I waited and later heard that dreaded gobble way down slope. The hen(s) approached him and he, like a buck in rut, followed.
I watched 3 toms and 3 hens way across the hollow. They were haphazardly, walking about feeding on the newly planted corn. Maybe, I should have went after them.
Other sightings of the morning included two deer, 3 squirrels, vulture; red-tailed hawk and a host of various birdlife. The one doe, laying in the brush,
allowed me to approach to within 12 feet before bolting. I checked for a fawn since it is fawn birthing time. The catbirds and house wrens are back, too. I heard 5-6 different gobblers early, but apparently the earth swallowed them up by 6:40 A.M.!
Makes me want to move back to the country life. As I read this, I imagined all this and what a wonderful place it is to wonder off to…well written