I was out again this morning and got on birds on the roost. Had two gobblers coming to me at about 6:30...gobbling their heads off. Then, of course, two other hunters tried to come in from behind them, and they busted off...the joys of public land hunting. I was surprised to see them that far into the management area. I got up, and they started apologizing over and over for bumping the birds. While I was upset that they got bumped, at least the guys weren't jerks about it. At about 8:00 I watched a longbeard fight off a couple jakes that had hens with them. They then moved to the middle of a huge field, and wouldn't budge. That was the first time I had ever witnessed a scuffle first hand! Planning to set up on the edge of that field in the morning...been seeing lots of sign there, but had other, more remote places that I wanted to try first. Fun stuff!

Sorry some of you guys aren't being able to hunt yet...I suppose you will just have to settle on living vicariously through those of us that are.