#2 for 2011
Yesterdays hunt was a bust. Had three birds hammering on public land just to have the hunt ruined by a rubber head that walked around my truck and towards to birds gobbling 100 yards in fornt of me until they saw him "stalking" and shut down. Wind picked up hard in the late afternoon and all birds went silent.
This mornings hunt went a little better. Headed in early because I had alot of water to walk through with my hip boots to get to the spot I wanted to hunt. A tom gobbled at an owl in the pitch dark and my hunt was on. As I closed in on the bird gobbling I realized he was roosted on the other side of the river from our club. He was the only bird sounding off in ear shot so I gave him a whirl. He answered every call and soon after my flydown he pitched to my side of the main river. He landed across a small creek 15 yards wide to my right and after a little more convincing came right to the bank of the creek where I put him to rest. I tested the depth of the water and 3' from the edge it was up to my neck. Nothing like taking a swin to retrieve a gobbler on a 39 degree morning. Back to TN for work in the morning and no more hunting for me til next weekend.
A lightweight of about 15 lbs with a pencil thin 9 1/2" beard and 7/8" spurs. Damn did he light the woods up with gobblin this morning.
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