Anther busted hunt. Ever have one of those seasons
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The gobbler sounds off from his roost 200 yards away.
I do a light tree yelp and he goes nuts.
At fly down time I flapped a turkey wing and did a fly down cackle. I heard the gobbler fly off the roost and pitch down about 75 yards from me. IVE GOT HIM.
suddenly I hear a noise to my left coming through the palmettos. About 20 yards away out pops the biggest wild hog Ive ever seen. He stopped about 15 ft. from my blind and started knawing on a small tree, ( Anyone know why they do that?). His cutters were about 4 or 5 inches long and the crunching sound those teeth made on that tree made me a little nervous. In the mean time mr. Long beard is gobbling and strutting back and forth on the other side of a small brush line. I decided to try and get the hog to leave. I waved my hand and he stopped knawing on the tree and stared at me. I waved both hands and he just stood there staring. Oh CRap.
I didnt know what he was planning on doing but I did know that if he charged me I could only get off maybe one very close shot. I momentarily forgot about the turkey. After another 15 seconds or so I stood up and pointed the gun at him. He grunted and backed up a couple of feet. But still didnt spook! I took off my face mask. I guess my ugly face is all it took. That hog took off like he was shot out of a cannon.
grunting and huffing for as far as I could hear. I sat down and called to the gobbler. He answered about 300 yards away and still going. I guess next time I'll wait until the hog leaves on his own.
This is the 3rd hunt this year that got ruined by other wild animal. I had a group of deer come in and bust up a flock earlier in the season. On Saturday I had a group of hens coming to me towing a gobbler in a small woods opening when a hawk came screeching over. Those turkeys made a beeline into the brush and never came back.
Its usually other hunters that mess me up, but ol mother nature is taking her turn this year.

Talk about some bad luck; I feel for for you. Good luck getting back out there and nailing that gobbler.

So then the term HOG HEAVEN does not apply here !!! LOL

I feel for you, I've had "sure things" wash out in a instant but, that's why they call it hunting & not killing.

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We have the same problem way down here in the tip of Florida. But, not with the hogs, just the stinking crows. Man "O" man do they get on your nerves. They land just above you and call, and call, and call, and call. Sucks, busted by the crows again.

But, they do tell us where the turkeys are while scouting.[X(]

Sometines when you make a move on the bird you get busted and it is going to happen. Don't change your tactics and keep your confidence high. Just think you could have sat in the same spot all day and not moved. you still would have had the same outcome. To harvest a gobbler you have to be on the same chunk of woods as him, yeah every once in a while you will call on in from a great distance but you and I know that is rare. I want to make it as convient as possible for the bird to come to me. He is more likely to mosey over to hen that is close than one that's 200 yards away. This time of year they are henned up pretty good, later in the season when the hens are on the nest things are different. Hang tough Bro! I bet the next time your the one doing the busting with your shotgun!

....Thats SAD BACON......

I know how you feel. Last year, I had a huge gobbler coming to me gobbling and strutting all the way in. Just before I was ready to let him have it, a red fox that was stalking ME comes charging out, sees me, spooks and takes off directly for the gobbler! [:@]

MY gobbler got killed a little while later by another hunter.[:@][:@]