No, not a bird.

I was doing some scouting on public forest over the weekend in Mass and things were not looking good. Some deer signs but that was about it. I started driving around farm country and boy did I get sad. All these pastures and corn fields, so close, and they weren't mine. But then! I just walked up and asked if I could hunt the land for the spring gobblers. They said yes, all 500 acres of it.

I'm happy. At least it's a step towards getting my first bird, in Mass, with a bow.

Still can't wait for the Maine gun hunt.

Now that I have the access I am thinking about walking around with an owl call the night before or early morning then trying to locate and setting up a blind. I can do a few calls with the slate and am working on the mouth call. One or two hen decoys. I am just going to use a cheap blind and go from there.

Any ideas?