Had a great hunt yesterday morning! Our season came in Tuesday. Between running my gill nets in the early mornings then hopping on the corn planter until dark, I haven’t had the chance to get in the woods, or even do my homework scouting! I went to my honey hole on a blind hunt. A 18 acre corn field secluded with couple hundred acres of pines. Hunted this field since I was 11, but it can be tough to set up on. It’s a big enough field to give the turkeys plenty of options.
Anyway, I knew I had to get in early, because I had no idea where the birds were roosting. There’s a big cedar tree right in the middle of the field, with enough brush around it to hide in. I usually sneak to the tree, wait for the first gobble, and make a quick move to set up. I arrived to the tree plenty early, 5:15 am. I was waiting with all my gear, for the sky to turn colors and a bird to fire off. 6:00 came and the only birds I had heard were a ways off. It was getting light, so I decided to just crawl my gobbler decoy out about 25 yards into the field accompanied with a hen decoy. As I was crawling back, a bird gobbled - close. Close enough my mind wandered, crap I’m busted. Got back to the cedar tree and he continued to gobble. Couple yelps with the lynch box call, had him going off. 6:15 came and a bird dropped into the field, a hen. Followed by a pair of strutting long beards. They approached quickly as the hen fed my way. The two gobblers never dropped strut, and covered 200 yards in 8 minutes. They side stepped around my strutter decoy, and were absolutely fired up. Heads going from white to beet red, spitting and drumming. I chose the one I wanted to take, and hammered him, putting an end to their show. 6:23 . I swear he was seconds from hopping on the decoy. Great morning and my mediocre plan worked out well.
Kids always want to be in the turkey pics lol.
John
