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Old 12-31-2010 | 09:24 PM
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I've told this before, but, I once took a new hunter to get his first turkey. Told him to meet me early and we'd get him a bird. He showed up late wearing a black coat, purple corduroy pants, no gloves and no head net or even a cap. We went anyway and got to the field pretty late. Just almost too light to cross the field without being seen. Hurried to the spot I had chosen, I called, Big Tom answered immediately, and came running. Told the guy to not move and he didn't, he was facing the wrong way and never saw the bird until a split second before shooting. The turkey came in, CLOSE,strutted and brushed his wing tips against the hunters back. When the turkey got a bit nervous, probably when spotting the purple corduroy pants, he started moving away, across my legs. When ten yards out he passed behind a tree and I whispered to the hunter to turn and shoot where I pointed. He turned saw the turkey pass behind the tree and killed him on the other side. Being very patient and still can work, but cammo will cover mistakes in movement. It was unusually cold and wet so we hurried to the truck and got out of the weather. 20 minutes had passed since we left the truck. The point being that you don't need a lot of gear to get the job done but you do need to be very patient,and if you hunt with someone trust them to watch your back. The hunter never took up turkey hunting, saying it was too easy, and not realizing that he did everything wrong except taking directions when it counted. He never had to scout his own spot, or learn to call, or even dress properly for the hunt. Taking advantage of my experience, and killing a bird so easily,he never learned to enjoy any part of turkey hunting. So keep at it and have fun, you'll get birds soon enough, and in the mean time you'll find a lot of other things to keep you hunting.
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