Glenn
Senior Member
My father was coming up for a vacation trip to the mountains and I suggested that they come by for the weekend to go try for a bird.
We headed over to some public land nearby where we had some success last year. The air was cool and the skies clear. At 7:00am we heard are first bird on a far ridge and started off after him.
I was playing cameraman today with hopes of capturing my father shooting a bird or at least a good chase.
After the first bird lost interest we had another bird answering us across a large creek bottom and on a pine ridge. After we made are way across to him we setup for about a 30 min call fest.
This bird was gobbling hard and strong for about 20 mind and then went silent. We sat tight and I could see my father shouldering his gun and it was over.
Ended up being a “Super Jake” with a thick 4” beard and quarter inch spurs. In the end it doesn’t matter because it was a great hunt and more memories made.
Will edit video and post later. For now enjoy the photos!
We headed over to some public land nearby where we had some success last year. The air was cool and the skies clear. At 7:00am we heard are first bird on a far ridge and started off after him.
I was playing cameraman today with hopes of capturing my father shooting a bird or at least a good chase.
After the first bird lost interest we had another bird answering us across a large creek bottom and on a pine ridge. After we made are way across to him we setup for about a 30 min call fest.
This bird was gobbling hard and strong for about 20 mind and then went silent. We sat tight and I could see my father shouldering his gun and it was over.
Ended up being a “Super Jake” with a thick 4” beard and quarter inch spurs. In the end it doesn’t matter because it was a great hunt and more memories made.
Will edit video and post later. For now enjoy the photos!
Sounds like it was exciting, thanks for sharing 
