rutandstrut
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Friday
This past weekend started out a little early! I took Friday off from work and headed to my Lease in Perry Florida! I only heard two Gobbles early and nothing until about 9 o'clock...the only thing that I could get them (4 Jakes) to Gobble at was a Crow Call. I went through every call in my vest and never heard a thing until I pulled out my Crow Call and hit it...4 Jakes Gobbled less than 100 yards away!
I moved several times and hunted until about 12:30 and never heard or saw anything! I headed back to camp to take a shower, eat and relax!
Saturday
I got up early Saturday and decided to Setup where I thought I heard the gobble on Friday morning! It was very foggy and I started out soft calling and progressively getting louder. I didn't hear anything early and decided to make a move and go back to where I had seen a lot of Turkey sign.
I setup and made some soft calls and sat and made some more calls and sat and never heard or saw anything! I headed back to camp to take a shower, eat and relax!
My girlfriend called me Saturday afternoon and after I told her I wasn't having any luck with the turkeys on my lease, she asked me if I wanted to come up and try to hunt on her property! I told her I would really enjoy that and drove up to South Georgia to get ready to hunt Sunday morning!
Sunday
I woke up late and didn't get into the woods until it was good light! I didn't know what to expect since I was late and the bird haven't been gobbling at all! I ease to the back of the property close to the Withlachoochee River and found a spot that looked good to setup!
I was sitting against a large oak tree with palmettos surrounding me, on the inside corner of an old woods road. I was also facing a three strand barbed wire fence that separated her property from the neighbors property where Debbie said the turkeys were roosting.
I started out calling soft on a pocket slate nothing, grapefruit wood double slate nothing, dogwood anodized aluminum nothing, Dick Kirby collectible mahogany/walnut single sided call nothing, Bob Harwell poplar/walnut 7 check box call nothing, neon green goofy bat wing nothing!
After going through most of the calls in my vest starting out soft and getting progressively louder to reach out farther! I called every 15-20 minutes and sat and listened in between! I was starting to thing I was going to have the same luck here as I did in Perry, Fl. that is until I picked up the dogwood anodized aluminum call and made a few loud clucks, cutt and made some loud yelps! That is when I heard what I thought was a gobble. It sounded like it was 800-1000 yards away!
I hit the call again and I am sure I heard him gobble and he was answering me! I picked up my Bob Harwell poplar/walnut box call and hit it and he gobbled again! Game on! I sat there anxiously without touching a call for 10 Minutes! I couldn't stand it any more so I pulled out an orange wood anodized aluminum Call that I hadn't tried yet! He hammered and he had cut the distance in half!
I sat there for 5-10 more minute and listened to him gobble on his own at crows and hawk screams! I couldn't stand it any more! I picked up the poplar walnut box and cutt and then yelp on it...He hammered and had cut the distance in half again! I got my gun pointed in the direction the gobbles where coming from and tried the goofy bat wing...he hammered at me and was getting closer. I got my face down on the gun and started looking for him to show himself...he was getting ver close!
Just about the time I was getting ready to call again...I saw him walking and then pausing to Strut...He kept getting closer to me and I knew it was just a matter of time before I would get a shot! He came all the way to the 3 strand fence in full strut and wouldn't come through! It was a test...but I couldn't shoot since he was still on the neighbors property! He couldn't see the hen he was hearing and went behind a bush!
There was a place in the fence where the bottom two strands were missing on the opposite side of the bush...I moved my gun to that spot and waited! It seem like forever but it was probably only 5 minutes...he never came out from behind the bush! I picked up the orange wood pot call and tested him...he gobbled but was 100 yards down the fence line...I waited a little while and hit the call again...he gobbled and was 200 yards down the fence line! I picked up my stuff and made a move!
I parralleled the road and food plot that I walked in on and moved about 75-100 yards...I found a good spot to setup and hit the poplar walnut box...he gobbled approx. 200 yards away but on my side of the fence this time! I picked up the orange wood anodized call and hit it and he gobbled again...he was still getting farther away so I packed up and made what would be my final move!
I continued to parallel the road and food plot that I walked in on. I moved approx. 75-100 more yards as slowly and quietly as possible...I came to a slough and had to cross it to get closer to the road and a good place to setup...Debbie had a pop up blind setup in this area so she could turkey hunt with her dad! I moved past the blind and found a tree that looked good to setup on! I got setup and tried him again...he gobbled and seemed to be within 100 yards! I sat there a little while and had to try him again. I picked up the poplar walnut box and hit it and he cut me off! He was off to my left so I slid over the trees roots and got positioined so I was facing straight at his last gobble!
I got my gun pointed in the right direction got ready for the shot! I had the goofy bat wing in my mouth. I saw movement on the food plot road and then saw a hen approaching me. I clucked and purred on the goofy abt wing diaphragm and she walked past me and then came into the woods with me! She was less than 10 feet away! It was pretty intense...hoping she wouldn't bust me and ruin the Hunt! The Mossy Oak Breakup camo I was wearing did it's job and she walked back up on the road and started walking away from me and the gobbler.
I put my head down on the gun and got ready to take the safety off! This was a really intense Hunt! I didn't realize it until after it was over...I had been working this Gobbler for over an hour! As I watched the road where the hen came from I saw more movement and then saw that red head walking toward me on the road! He was walking toward me bobbing his head looking for the imposter hen (me) and following the hen that had just visited me which was walking down the Road.
At first all I could see was his head...then his head and neck...his head, neck chest and beard! I clicked the safety off, took aim as he stopped. He started to turn around and started clucking. I put the bead on his head and squeezed off the shot. He flipped over backwards and slid down the road bank to the Fenceline and out of sight! I jumped up to go look at my Turkey!
I would like to Thank Debbie for inviting me to Hunt on her Property! This is one 30 Acre tract of land that hunts a lot bigger! Her property is sandwiched in between two much larger pieces of property and acts as a travel corridor for an abundance of wildlife!
This past weekend started out a little early! I took Friday off from work and headed to my Lease in Perry Florida! I only heard two Gobbles early and nothing until about 9 o'clock...the only thing that I could get them (4 Jakes) to Gobble at was a Crow Call. I went through every call in my vest and never heard a thing until I pulled out my Crow Call and hit it...4 Jakes Gobbled less than 100 yards away!
I moved several times and hunted until about 12:30 and never heard or saw anything! I headed back to camp to take a shower, eat and relax!
Saturday
I got up early Saturday and decided to Setup where I thought I heard the gobble on Friday morning! It was very foggy and I started out soft calling and progressively getting louder. I didn't hear anything early and decided to make a move and go back to where I had seen a lot of Turkey sign.
I setup and made some soft calls and sat and made some more calls and sat and never heard or saw anything! I headed back to camp to take a shower, eat and relax!
My girlfriend called me Saturday afternoon and after I told her I wasn't having any luck with the turkeys on my lease, she asked me if I wanted to come up and try to hunt on her property! I told her I would really enjoy that and drove up to South Georgia to get ready to hunt Sunday morning!
Sunday
I woke up late and didn't get into the woods until it was good light! I didn't know what to expect since I was late and the bird haven't been gobbling at all! I ease to the back of the property close to the Withlachoochee River and found a spot that looked good to setup!
I was sitting against a large oak tree with palmettos surrounding me, on the inside corner of an old woods road. I was also facing a three strand barbed wire fence that separated her property from the neighbors property where Debbie said the turkeys were roosting.
I started out calling soft on a pocket slate nothing, grapefruit wood double slate nothing, dogwood anodized aluminum nothing, Dick Kirby collectible mahogany/walnut single sided call nothing, Bob Harwell poplar/walnut 7 check box call nothing, neon green goofy bat wing nothing!
After going through most of the calls in my vest starting out soft and getting progressively louder to reach out farther! I called every 15-20 minutes and sat and listened in between! I was starting to thing I was going to have the same luck here as I did in Perry, Fl. that is until I picked up the dogwood anodized aluminum call and made a few loud clucks, cutt and made some loud yelps! That is when I heard what I thought was a gobble. It sounded like it was 800-1000 yards away!
I hit the call again and I am sure I heard him gobble and he was answering me! I picked up my Bob Harwell poplar/walnut box call and hit it and he gobbled again! Game on! I sat there anxiously without touching a call for 10 Minutes! I couldn't stand it any more so I pulled out an orange wood anodized aluminum Call that I hadn't tried yet! He hammered and he had cut the distance in half!
I sat there for 5-10 more minute and listened to him gobble on his own at crows and hawk screams! I couldn't stand it any more! I picked up the poplar walnut box and cutt and then yelp on it...He hammered and had cut the distance in half again! I got my gun pointed in the direction the gobbles where coming from and tried the goofy bat wing...he hammered at me and was getting closer. I got my face down on the gun and started looking for him to show himself...he was getting ver close!
Just about the time I was getting ready to call again...I saw him walking and then pausing to Strut...He kept getting closer to me and I knew it was just a matter of time before I would get a shot! He came all the way to the 3 strand fence in full strut and wouldn't come through! It was a test...but I couldn't shoot since he was still on the neighbors property! He couldn't see the hen he was hearing and went behind a bush!
There was a place in the fence where the bottom two strands were missing on the opposite side of the bush...I moved my gun to that spot and waited! It seem like forever but it was probably only 5 minutes...he never came out from behind the bush! I picked up the orange wood pot call and tested him...he gobbled but was 100 yards down the fence line...I waited a little while and hit the call again...he gobbled and was 200 yards down the fence line! I picked up my stuff and made a move!
I parralleled the road and food plot that I walked in on and moved about 75-100 yards...I found a good spot to setup and hit the poplar walnut box...he gobbled approx. 200 yards away but on my side of the fence this time! I picked up the orange wood anodized call and hit it and he gobbled again...he was still getting farther away so I packed up and made what would be my final move!
I continued to parallel the road and food plot that I walked in on. I moved approx. 75-100 more yards as slowly and quietly as possible...I came to a slough and had to cross it to get closer to the road and a good place to setup...Debbie had a pop up blind setup in this area so she could turkey hunt with her dad! I moved past the blind and found a tree that looked good to setup on! I got setup and tried him again...he gobbled and seemed to be within 100 yards! I sat there a little while and had to try him again. I picked up the poplar walnut box and hit it and he cut me off! He was off to my left so I slid over the trees roots and got positioined so I was facing straight at his last gobble!
I got my gun pointed in the right direction got ready for the shot! I had the goofy bat wing in my mouth. I saw movement on the food plot road and then saw a hen approaching me. I clucked and purred on the goofy abt wing diaphragm and she walked past me and then came into the woods with me! She was less than 10 feet away! It was pretty intense...hoping she wouldn't bust me and ruin the Hunt! The Mossy Oak Breakup camo I was wearing did it's job and she walked back up on the road and started walking away from me and the gobbler.
I put my head down on the gun and got ready to take the safety off! This was a really intense Hunt! I didn't realize it until after it was over...I had been working this Gobbler for over an hour! As I watched the road where the hen came from I saw more movement and then saw that red head walking toward me on the road! He was walking toward me bobbing his head looking for the imposter hen (me) and following the hen that had just visited me which was walking down the Road.
At first all I could see was his head...then his head and neck...his head, neck chest and beard! I clicked the safety off, took aim as he stopped. He started to turn around and started clucking. I put the bead on his head and squeezed off the shot. He flipped over backwards and slid down the road bank to the Fenceline and out of sight! I jumped up to go look at my Turkey!
I would like to Thank Debbie for inviting me to Hunt on her Property! This is one 30 Acre tract of land that hunts a lot bigger! Her property is sandwiched in between two much larger pieces of property and acts as a travel corridor for an abundance of wildlife!
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