RE: Official Team Elowapi Thread (15)
Went out for my second sit last evening, and it didn't disappoint. I sat on the northwest edge of my clover/rye plot, and by 5:30, I had 8 turkeys work their way in on the east side. There were two or three good sized toms, and a few jakes. As they fed closer to me, I hear a lot of running and crunching of leaves behind me. Then the purring and putting commenced, and I knew I was quickly being surrounded by more turkeys. 32 MORE turkeys came in all around me to feed in the plot. A few birds were as close as 5yds from the base of my ladder, and I was in the wide open, yet not a single one EVER spotted me (ASAT is ridiculous, it has proven more than effective over the past two seasons). I watched as the flock fed in front of me for about 15-25minutes. Some of the hens pecked and fought a bit. A few laid down to feed (which is interesting as I never saw this before).
Not long after they flew to roost, three nice doe appeared from the East end of the plot. They never got close enough, and as lighted faded, I made my exit, and I don't think they ever got a glimpse of me. As I was walking out, I bumped three more deer down near the pasture in above my Uncle's house.
Not shots fired yet, but I'm seeing a ton of deer.