| SouthernStrut56 |
04-01-2011 08:28 PM |
I finally had a little excitement today guys, but I got April fooled. Had one gobbling pretty good around 6:30 this morning. I rushed down the road to set up on him, all the while trying to think of the perfect ambush spot to get him. I got within about 200 - 250 yards of him and picked my spot on a little ledge overlooking the road. In front and to the left of me over a drop off was the hollow I was gonna try and call him to the top of. We talked back and forth a good bit and I could tell pretty quickly he was gonna come see me. The sun was just starting to peek through the clouds and hit the leaves, and each gobble he let out was a little closer than the last. After about the 15th gobble, he sounded like he was 100 yards or so away. Not even a minute after that gobble I hit him hard with some quick excited cuts. Before I finished my series he cut me off and hammered about 20 yards to my left just over that drop off outta sight. He must have just been shock gobbling at that bc right after he gobbled he started puttin' and eased back down into that bottom. My guess is he realized he gobbled at a hen sound and there was no hen around him. It just happened to be bad timing I guess. I never saw him, and never heard him walking my way bc of the wet ground, but I called him right where I wanted him, it just didn't work out.
If that wasn't exciting enough, about 5 minutes after this I had another hot one hammer off for the first time all morning about 50 yards to my right down a steep road outta sight. I didn't make a sound, hoping he'd come on up the road right in front of me, but that would have been too easy. Of course he cut straight up the hill just out of sight to my right on the same ridge I was on. He worked his way around the side of the hill directly behind me heading towards the fork in the road at the top of the hill. I still kept quiet, and right as he got out by the road, out of sight still, I heard him start puttin and slip outta there. He gobbled one time, a really loud and powerful gobble too. I imagine he's a nice 3 year old with some dang nice hooks on him. But today ended up being an April fools on me. I'll admit, it wasn't the best setup for that spot and I could've done better. These hollows and ledges and dropoffs kill me sometimes! At least they never actually saw me. Weather should be great in the morning. My buddy and I are heading straight for this spot in the morning and I've got a better setup in mind for us. Maybe they'll play nice for us. Very fun day today though, finally got the blood pumping and chills up my spine from a gobble right in my ear. I absolutely love it.
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