Stopped at one place next to the property my wife’s family sold I heard 2 groups of roosting birds and a single way down the draw. Worked my way through the cedar branches down to the creek then down the creek to within 100 yards. Normally I’d be hunting the other side of the fence and when I did the birds would be on the side I’m on now. LOL My guess 15-18 birds mixed on the roost the other group maybe a handful on that roost bunch.

They called I called they gobbled but did not fly down until an hour after sunrise, then then hung on the ground a while and moved off and shut down. Headed out drove by another spot on the way home seen a small group on a hillside with a strutting bird. Went a few more miles by some old farm places, I could see turkeys in the ditch across from an old farm in a place full of downed trees and taller grass. The next place was a landowner I trap for so I swung in and got the OK to work those birds.

I took a trail to the back of that abandon farm place and used the old house that was falling down for cover also it narrowed the tree belt to a better shooting distance if I made it to the middle of it. One lone broken bale next to an old road was a good place to set up but the tree snags made it tough to see very far. It took about 20 minutes of talking to get the hens to check out the calling they came up close to my left but no Tom in the bunch, looked like he was circling away from the hens route but crossed in front of me at about 15 yards BOOM!

A little over 21 pounds 8 inch beard with 2 year old looking spurs.

Come on up and whack another.
Dang things are all over and nobody shoots em.
Today t my birdfeeder. About an 8" er.

You da man jerry.... they got any essece in em????

Good hunt story, and nice tom!

Nice job Law Dog.

Law Dog you need to take that deal up with B&B. You could shoot one when he had his head buried in that bird feeder. No need to call just sit there on a lawn chair, be an easy hunt Law Dog

Congrats! I love two year olds, they tend to play the game more often than not!!

Would like to see the "edited" part.
Come on up Jerry. 3/4 hour drive.
You can stay at my cabin.

I already posted so I added what is wrote in my post to just have one post. Lol

Heading to MO in a few days I might swing over to NM if it works out for me it’s more about the calling then getting a bird, I’ll still go out with a friend to get his bird. This extended winter has things a bit behind in SD.

Congratulations

If you go to B&B all you would need for a call is some corn in a soup can and shake it like h*** out of it! They will come running used to getting feed. You could just sit on that tractor seat and not have to bring a lawn chair.

Sounds like a great day, Enjoy!

wtg , nice bird ,thanks for sharing

Congratulations

When momma ain't watching I can just grab one, darn things will eat out of your hand...

Good work, Dandy bird !

Dandy bird your doing better than me in Illinois probably not 25% of the birds there were 15 years ago but who cares its still a hoot and I can hunt another segment on May 3