RE: boss tom update.....
sorry...long weekend......friday evening and night turned out to be a pretty bad thunderstorm.....saturday morning i showed up.......set out the decoy i borrowed from my buddys cousin.....one hen.....all i need i think.....heard some birds gobbling around me but not mine i dont think......6am.....light....waiting for them to hit the ground and it got REALLY windy....and POURING rain HARD.....couldnt hear a thing.....the only birds i heard shut up.......and my birds never flew from the tree they are usually in.......i waited till 630....nothing....then i heard someone shoot on the gasline......told my buddy to hunt there and id meet him at the trucks later in the day.......and figured it was him.....i was soaked.....calls were soaked......birds werent there......so i went to see what my buddy or one of our other friends killed.......he was supposta be there or his regular spot....walking out through the pasture i looked to his regular spot..and what do i see?? a BIG ole longbeard walking RIGHT to his tree!!!! later found out that he wasnt there.....and i dont know who shot....never saw another hunter.......i wasnt feeling hunting after that....soaked.....pouring rain.....windy......cant hear a thing...calls would been useless.....working 2 jobs PLUS school till 1130am everyday.........i was just burnt out......430am comes early.......so i packed it in and slept till 1230 lol........just didnt feel like sitting there........tomarow....i plan to get back on him before school......with the decoy.....hope hes there...and hope hes talkin and ready to meet me...........i htink friday night he got caught in the storm and flew into the nearest tree for the night.........i honestly dont think him or his hens were there saturday.....they would hit the ground before the bad weather came out of nowhere that morning......