yesterday may 21st a client missed at 30 yards, I could not belive it....
Well today May 22nd it was lightly raining, and the temp dropped, but we managed to get setup on a Tom the was roosted on a cliff above a field. We circled and setup on a field and before long a hen come flying out and landed about 50 yards out and walked off across feeding.
15 muntes later the silent tom flew out and land in the woods and walked out on the other side of the field. I called and he gobbled and strutted but seem to like the looks of the hen, instead of the call.
I said to Todd that we are going to make a move and get in front of the birds. After sneeking , crawling, in the swamp we made it to a pont in the field that the birds passed. As we get there and settled , hear the birds turn around and head right back on the same path. I told todd to be ready and I'm not calling at all , let them walk to us.
As the birds made it to the shooting range ,Todd stayed focused on the tom , the hen gets closer and closer , at 10 yards the hen looks at us and clucks/Putts. The gobbler at this time is out 45 yards , but after seeing the way Todds gun patterns , I whispered
Shoot! as the Gobblers head is high in the air the neck stretched to see why the hen Putted.
Todd lets of the shot and the Gobbler drops like a stone!
17.26 Lbs
9 in Beard
3/4 spurs
May 22nd another.....
great work this season , i might make it out 1 or 2 more times , the 29th is the last day here , and i dunno how well they will be responding this late, so i may just have to hunt them sorda like fall birds , bust em up at night , and get to food areas in the AM..
congrats again.....
