Last Day's in Missouri

[horntagger]

Saturday "“ May 8th -
5:30 a.m. "“ Get Settled in.
5:45 a.m. "“ Gobbler starts up about 100 yards to South.
6:15 a.m. "“ Second Gobbler starts up way North.
6:30 a.m. "“ Can See hen on ground to the Southeast near tree line at 100 yards off.
6:45 a.m. "“ Gobbler still going in tree.
7:15 a.m. "“ Still Gobbling in tree.
7:30 a.m. - Finally on ground and gobbling.
7:35 a.m. - That's it gobbling stopped.
7:45 a.m. - Could see dust flying up about 50 yards to the East.
8:00 a.m. - We get ready and then a hen comes by at 20 yards.
8:20 a.m. - Hen finally roams over hill.
12:00 p.m. - Tyler calls it a day.


Tyler
Saturday - May 8th, 2004
Game Boy kills the time in the
Double Bull Import Blind


Tyler
Saturday - May 8th, 2004
Double Bull Import Blind, Mossberg Youth Shotgun, Delta Jake and Hen Decoy


Tyler
Saturday - May 8th, 2004
With the smallest Box Turtle of all time.
They were both within inches of each other in field.

Sunday "“ May 9th -
5:30 a.m. "“ Wait for gobbling to start.
6:00 a.m. "“ Last sunrise of 2004 Turkey hunting season.
6:15 a.m. "“ Not a hen or gobbler heard
6:30 a.m. "“ Very tired young hunter.
8:00 a.m. "“ Tyler say's that's it time to head home.



Sunday May 9th, 2004
Last Sunrise of 2004 Turkey Season


Tyler - Age 9
Sunday May 9th, 2004
Last Sunrise of 2004 Turkey Season
Turkey season is hard on the the young and the old.
THE END.

[deerdust]

horntagger, sorry that Tyler didn't get his bird.. I went out saturday with my 11 yr old daughter. We knew the vicinity the birds were roosting in and got situated just before 5 am. We heard 1 gobble across the cornfield from us and ten minutes later 1 gobbled behind us about 50 yds or less. We were sitting several feet in the trees and had woods between us and the bird behind us. I called softly to him and he was on his way down from the roost. I heard a awful racket, crashing in the tree directly above us and looked to see him scrambling to get away. He was landing right where we were sitting. I guess something just didn't look right to him. If he had come down, it would have been on our heards. Nothing else came in, so we switched to a traveling location of the birds and saw nothing there either. We called it a day and went back to the lodge for a nap. I skipped sunday hunting due to bad news of one of our guides being in a car crash. It was a head on collision at 55 mph. He and his wife were cut from the vehicle and Life Flighted to the hospital. Latest news today is that he is doing okay, but will need reconstructive surgery on his knee and leg. His wife had minimal injuries. This all happened just 1 day after he left Missouri to go home to Mich.

Live each day to the fullest and be thankful for what you have, for you know not what tomorrow holds!!!!!

[huntnma]

glad those folks were ok............. and it looks like you and tyler had a great time....love the sleepin' pic everyone has to have at least one of those , lol....