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Ok Guys, I went back to the same field where the 3 gobblers made us on Saturday. 6 hens dropped into the field shortly after light and one of them seemed to want to pick a fight with my decoy while the other 5 fed across the field and disappeared on the other side. They came back for a brief stay around 8:00. as for the gobblers, they did the same thing that they did Saturday only they gobbled a lot more. They didn't come to my field but they gobbled for a solid hour. Most times it sounded like one would start to gobble and another one would cut in. I gave a few yelps everytime one would gobble but just wouldn't have anything to do with it. Now let me say this. From where there where roosted, they went further away from me and toward another field. My back was hurting pretty bad so I gave up at 9:30 and made my way to the truck. I drove around to the field where I suspected they went to and sure enough there were at least 2 gobblers and 4 hens. They were quite a long way from the road and I couldn't walk that far. I saw 3 more gobblers on the way out, all were strutting in the roads. I have an important question. Can you put an ameristep blind in the edge of a field and have a small portion of the blind sticking out? Will it freighten the birds? The reason that I ask is because I sat in a small camo beach type chair for over 3 hours and it KILLED my back. I'd like to use my blinds exclusively, but I can't haul everything to the blind by myself. Here's what I take:
The blind
A (heavy) folding chair, the kind that you store in a bag
My shotgun
My vest
My decoys
It may not sound like a lot but when your handicapped, it's a lot. The only other solution would be to take everything in with my four wheeler but would it be wise to drive up into a field with the atv, drop everything off and hide the atv in the brush well out of sight? This would be done at least 1 hour before day. My son reccomended buying a cheap little wagon and pull everything in. Not a bad idea. What do you guys think, have I totally lost my mind? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
God Bless,