JW

Am 20 miles south hunting a new farm that has 5 good birds on it .
walked in at 3 with a full moon. Am all set up and will take a nap. Time is 4:13 light around 530.
the pheasants are crowing and the owls are having a hay day.
has to be 6 or more up all around the bluffs.
Not to worry the gobbles will wake me up.......
Had a very brief scout saw em and took a wild guess at a pretty good strut zone.
My back will be to the sun and this corner will get sun early....
Hey be safe out there.
JW.

PS just had a yote scream threw......

JW

Well that was fun........5 different toms all real vocal and all i got to see was a hen and then a dang coyote......639 and all is quiet......time for a nap me thinks. .....they know where i am!

JW

843 and a hen cruised by at 23 yds.

I'll be here till dark on this one.

bald9eagle

Get it done, son.

JW

Long day yesterday.......2 hens....so late i did a customary truck scout only to find my best area destroyed!
The farmer logged 300 acre field surrounded by bluffs. I understand why as the timber oaks maples beech elm will bring high bucks.
But wow......
Was quite a run for me on that piece for 17 yrs.
Some birds still may use it....i need to sacrifice a morning to check...right after this bird i roosted commits.......got least a hour and a half wait here in dark. Coyotes already told me to move on......but the ole 22 pistol is ready....nice thing about conceal and carry....makes toting this legal for me.

jmedenf

I carry an XD 45 on my hip. Especially now that I am tagged out and helping others.

JW

Well dang.....temperature drop and the result is lock jaw big time.

jmedenf

I had turkeys gobbling in all directions yesterday evening.
Had no idea there were that many turkeys in the area.

turkman1

Great job JW That a nice turk!!!!

bald9eagle

JW....is the clear cut surrounded by timber? If so it might be a better spot than you can imagine. Birds here in Alabama tend to roost near the edges and use the clear cut like a field.