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 has a successful hatch.
The contractor was to arrive this morning for a final amount of work. I decided to visit another place and give it a try. I was walking and calling when suddenly two gobblers appeared to my calling. They saw me and exited back into the woods. I couldn’t see their beards due to high grass. I believed they were, probably, jakes.
At one point, I could hear something coming and was shocked when a Rottweiler and pit bull appeared and began barking at me. When they began approaching me I hollered and they stopped their approach, but didn’t leave me alone. I walked out watching them closely. I stayed out until 11:15 when the heat was draining me.
Now… which banana would that be? You are’nt baiting turkeys with fruit are you? I believe that would be a violation of the game laws. It’s grain and seeds you want to use, not fruit. You are more likely to attract a bear than a gobbler by carrying fragrant fruit. You must have a death wish or something. Are sure those were dogs and not bears? Next time, throw your banana at them and run like like crazy. Hey… what has 4 legs and an arm… I mean a camoflauged arm… that’s right… a pit bull that just met a turkey hunter in the woods! Stay safe… and carry a big stick. Dana
Dana,
Come to think of it. I may have gotten a glimpse of a bear later that day. I am 90% sure.