Post by lineman453 on Apr 5, 2014 19:35:16 GMT -5
Started the day off with a roosted bird after a few gobbles on the roost he pitched straight down and shut up. So we stayed put another hour or so and we were hearing a few gobbles and a couple of shots. After no luck at our first set we changed locations and glassed some fields, spotted a strutted and went to working him, while working a strutter in front another bird slipped in from the side to 40 yds which is out of the range of his 20 ga. Unfortunately he heard a stick break and turned tail ....so we stayed working the strutter for probably two hours to no avail! By this time the awful waffle is wearing off so we go grab a bite and hit another farm. Around 1:30 we get set up and start a little soft calling to no answer so we did what any good hunter does with a belly full of food and a nice warm ray of sun we took us a little nap. Probably 45 minutes later we start calling again and the switch had been flipped. We had gobbles everywhere! In front , on the side , behind which one was gonna be the one. Probably 30 minutes pass the one in front is on fire and getting close, finally another 10 minutes later he appears doing his dance for our dekes, looking real sharp comes straight to or hen and just stops and stands for like 2 minutes, then turns around 180 degrees that's when I tell Jackson to make his move, he being Jackson was positioned at 11:30 and the bird was at 2:30 so I told him to pick his gun up and move while he was facing away. So he did then the tom turned and started walking over to our pretty boy and I'm thinking great I just had him move from there , well Jackson being the slick little guy he is had followed him across without being noticed and was drawed down and ready just waiting for the word. I said shoot and he had his Tom! Sorry about the lack of writing skill
