The wait proved fruitless for gobbling activity until I heard a turkey clear across the hollow. I circled and set up and he answered. Oh Boy I thought then a silence I couldn’t explain. Later I learned the following. I called my mom to see if Bob was hunting . He wasn’t but he came out immediately when I said the gobbler was at the spot he spends a lot of time at. I didn’t know this until later. A heavy fog covered the area until after 8:00.
Bob walked up and saw a turkey at the field. The bird saw him too! After 8:00 I heard two gobbles across the hollow where I had come from. (no surprise here) I trekked back across and heard nothing until a helicopter flew nearby. the bird shocked gobbled and was only 150 yards or less from me. My calls and patience did not produce another gobble.
Heavy A.M. fog
I worked back across and saw Bob’s car. Later, as I approached Bob’s big tree, I could see a gobbler in the field where he had gobbled earlier. I searched for Bob came back to the tree and could see the bird laying in the high grass. I searched more and realized h, like Elvis,e had left the building. Later the bird was gone. Bob told me he had seen 4 turkeys in that field at one point of time.
The woods became very warm as the noon hour occurred. I left the woods at 1:15.
While sleeping by a pine tree I was awakened by toe on bark noises. A red squirrel was directly behind me and actually jumped upon my head. I couldn’t hold the laughter in!
Box turtle
I saw a red fox; squirrels; several deer, including one inquisitive doe and one gobbler. I, also, found a box turtle.
Swallowtail pals!
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