I should buy a lottery ticket!

[BilletHead]

     So we got up early on Pat's day off for a turkey hunt. All I can say it was very,very windy. Windy enough I thought I would say no go. We went up the road to a neighbors place and walked down an old lane and took a seat in the woods overlooking a field. I knew where birds roost in a couple of places and was hoping to hear them on the roost so we could make a plan to get into them. Sure enough as the last of the stars started disappearing the birds started talking in the trees. I dug into my pocket for the call. CRAP I had left it at the house. So now what Pat said. Well I could go home and get it or we could see how close we could get to them and hope if we bust them we will be in the center of the flock and they would self call back to a group and hope we would be centered. We booked it to a spot closer to the roost. Got pretty close but hard to tell in the big wind. We ended up in the timber near a creek. We sat side by side and listened. Soon they got real noisy and started flying from tree to tree heading our way.  Soon we had two within range in a tree. But elected not to shoot as we both did not have the shot. I did and Pat did not. Since I had killed one last week I wanted Pat to have the chance. All of the sudden Birds hitting the ground all around us. Part of them grouped in front of us and were heading in fast. I had no shot but Pat did and as tight as they were told her to line up two heads, she did and in one shot took two out! We screamed with glee as birds flushed back into trees and all over around us. I took a shot but missed as Pat pounced on her birds. A juvenile hen and a juvenile gobbler. We started laughing out loud.  Happy with the take we headed back to the field and as we entered the field and Pat said hey there is a turkey. I stretched my neck to see a bird at the end of a tree row. We hit the side of the field and I did my best attempt at a stalk using brush and the tree row. As I got closer hit the ground for a crawl of sorts. Peeked up again to see two birds, down again for closing the gap, peeked up again to see three birds, big birds, adult gobblers! Again back down for the final assault. This time I was up with shotgun ready, picked out the closest and took the shot. Bird down and I did my bird pounce too just like the Mrs. Now to the kicker this bird had 7/8 inch spurs but no visible beard? I dug into the feathers to find two nub beards that were white? yes white. Nice heavy bird guessing eighteen pounds. Bottomed out my fifteen pound set of scales. Bad photo of the mini beards but you can see they are white. Our fall shotgun tags are filled. More outdoor meat shopping done.

BilletHead

[Hog Wally]

Right on!   I pulled off a quadruple header today with a buddy.  First flock classic ambush and call back. Second hunt big flock of long beards. Had a nice flush on them and settled in for the wait cause I like to give long beards a hour before I call   After 10 minutes they got to gobbling there full heads off and I gobbler yelped 2 right in close and personal!  It's nice having the freezer stocked 

[marcus]

well done sir 

[Mitch f]

Can't wait to see the food creations from the Turkeys!!

[Gavin]

Good for you! Do not buy a lotto ticket, that's just a buzz kill, tax on the stupid, and the creator of slow lines at the quickie mart;)!

 

 

[BilletHead]

  Thanks fellas,

Gavin sounds like my financial adviser!

[bs1827]

Man! Billethead you've always got the best hunting stories. Sounds like you and Hog Wally have done well for yourselves this fall. Took a few hours off from work this morning to try to get a bird, but no dice this time.

[David Unnerstall]

That reminds me of a deer season where a flock came up from behind me as I was on the ground and took to roost all around me.

Billethead, I have hunted turkeys during the spring for more that thirty years but how does one call in turkeys in the fall?

And I advise to stay away from the lottery tickets, also.  It is voluntary taxation.

[BilletHead]

   Another financial adviser!

I need that. David fall hunting can be  hoot if you remember to take your calls with you. I have called in adult toms but the fall season is for young tender birds really. The best way is to bust up the flock of hens and young birds. Get them to go in all directions when you do. Sit down and give it some time. You will begin to hear them call each other. Adult hens will yelp and the young birds will yelp and kind of whistle. Another way to describe it is a kee, kee, kee or a pee, pee,pee type of call. Just call as you hear and get ready. Sometimes they will just sneak in talking some as you call, sometimes they will run in so fast it will surprise you. Bust them on the roost in the late evening and go back in the morning and they will call to get back in the flock. They are really tasty and remind me of a free range farm chicken. Texture of chicken with the taste of turkey. Best of both worlds

BilletHead