The first day of turkey season was unbelieveable..
Got up at 5:00, threw on my camo, grabbed my 12, and headed to the local
Wildlife Management Area....about 15 miles away. see pic
The spot I headed to, was a long dead end strip of woods with thick swamps on
three sides. Made the long walk on the closed raod all the way to blind #2 right next
to the main strut area....Sat down and the turkey gobbled, which I thought was by the first O in the words roosted here. So I headed back to blind #1...Little did i know he was right behind me..75 yards away, not 200 yards away....
I walked almost right underneath him...and as soon as i sat down..
he flew down right to my blind #2 spot
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
and then the gobbling began...after about 10 gobbles...I was getting excited..
after about 50 gobbles...I was down right giddy..he answed most of my calls
and so did the hens...after about 2 hours of this...I heard him moving to my left slowly
so I took a chance to sneek up on him..Using the cover I got to within 50 yards..
still screaming his head off too...he started getting closer and closer...and then...
nothing....purred a few times....nothing...gone...he must have seen something
he did not like...and took off....about 15 miutes later i heard another gobble, way
off to the left....
The next day was way slower....he was way off to the left of blind #1
with no way to get to him and not get caught...so I moved off to the middle of the
strut area..thinking I could get him to follow the fire cut...He made it to the corner
and then I saw 1 hen fly over to him...and i never heard him again...moved around til 1
with no luck...Next day was a complete bust....Some idiot ran into the gate that opens
with a time clock at 5am...and bent the you know what out of it...so I had to drove
15 miles to the back gate....a front moved in and everything shut down...permit is over
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
I have never heard a bird gobble so much...well over a 100 gobbles out of 1 bird..
incredible. 3 day permit was not long enough....
now i need to find another place to hunt!
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