Birds are henned up hard in VA.

Hunted wednesday and today (Thurs). Heard five diff birds gobble about 100 times in total on the limb yesterday... hit the ground and might have heard 10 gobbles the rest of the day. Went after one of them... hen took him away down the field. Once agian... on the other side of the swamp.

This morning I hunted the property my dad shot his wompus turkey at opening day. He has been back once since then and let a 2 yo bird go. Not knowing the property, I went where I was told. Didn't hear a turkey, see a turkey, see a turkey track, find a turkey feather, or step in a pile of turkey crap.... Nada. Nothing. Dad worked a bird that he described as one of the biggest he has ever seen. Called him across a cattle pasture to a fence at 80 yards... bird wouldn't go under the fence of course. Pops is convinced this bird is substantially larger than the one he killed opening day.

Only action I had this morning was a coyote chased a rabbit out into the path. Rabbit went stroking by me and I had the gun up cause I saw the thing coming out. Yote stopped in the middle of the damn road... and I had one big pine I left intentionally between me and the road so I could make a quick adjustment if a bird walked in from out in front. Thats what the yote stopped behind and all I could see was his tail and a back leg. I was expecting him to go at one of my decoys or chase after the rabbit he had flushed out... but instead he turned tail and went straight back away from there.... which wasn't very sportsmanlike of him.

Two weeks left... this has been the second worst (cause last year when I only got to hunt once was way worse) season I've ever experienced. Had a slam dunk on the first hunt and have not seen or worked a bird in the 8 or 9 hunts since then. Been hunting in some awesome places too.... hopefully my luck will turn before the season runs out... get to start hunting hunting all day in May.