Good one Paul...BT

hmmmm all depends how hot he really sounds and if there are birds in the area on my side of the river.....if there wasnt and i REALLY didnt feel like getting soaked id set up on the edge or the river and shoot across it.....but ive crossed some pretty decint sized water after turkeys....some mornings id do it day after day just because there wasnt much of a way around it......for a few days in a row we crossed a creek deep enough to get you wet with good rockys on and then climb a hill thats right next to verticle for 1400 ft....we wouldnt go the whole way up at once...wed hunt around 1000ft id say then work our way up.....my dad still dont believe thats why my boots look like elf shoes with curled toes...they would dry as id walk up and thats how steep it was.....they dried like that day after day and are stiff like that now.....all depends on how i feel and what options are left.....if its going to leave me birdless id swim across if i had to........

What the heck...it' s only water....just point me in the right direction!!!! Adrain....you must be bored??? Does Jannette not have anything for you to do??? LOL....[:-]Brampton Mike[8D]

Well I`ve been there and can say from experience I`d be wet. If there`s a bird gobbling and I got time to hunt him(noon closing) I`ll chase him to the next concession road. Come to think about that I think one day this year me and Bgunner covered 10 miles trying to get ahead of a bird that just would not stop gobbling or moving.

That gives me 11 months to dry out! In that situation I' m getting wet.[:-]

Down here I wade through alligator infested swamps and creeks to go after deer and turkey. I once stripped down to my skivvys [] to cross a waist deep creek to get a gobbler that was hanging up the last two mornings. I got him that third morning. I like to go where other hunters fear to tread.

i could hear my kids now.how did your dad pass away?he was chasing a turkey across a creek.im stubborn that way,id go for it,withought a dought.

My wife gave me a pair of hip boots that are extremely lightweight, compact and made for limited usage such as to slip on and off when crossing a creek. They even slip over your hunting boots, so you don' t need to take off your boots to put them on. They are made of nylon, and roll up into a very small, lightweight package. When I hunt in areas with creeks or other water, whether turkey hunting or pheasant hunting or sharptail hunting, I slip them in my vest. So, under your hypothetical, I cross the creek, but I remain bone dry (unless the creek is too deep, in which case I join the rest of you soaking wet turkey hunters)!!

Been there done that... No gobbler thoe...

Without a doubt