dsharp01 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Well despite the wacky weather I hunted hard and came close on several birds but couldn't give any a dirt nap. On Friday I set up and had several birds gobbling to my calls and on their own. Once it became light enough to see, I could see a few hens in the trees as well as 2 gobblers and heard a jake trying to sound off. Once they pitched down they headed away so I got up to cicle the hill then... BANG...BANG...BANG.... somebody snuck in from the neighbors property and was hunting the property line. After waiting a bit to see if anything would talk after this I headed out of the woods to see who the culprite was and low and behold it's the same guy who stole a bird from me and my bro 2 years ago. Seems he has been doing this to several hunters, he waits till they start sounding off and doesnt care if there is anybody working the bird. The 1st one he stole he came in behind the bird and snipered it as it strutted 75 yards out infront of us on the top of the ridge. On Saturday we had set up in the same spot cause we roosted 1 tom and a jake the night before. We set up in the area where the birds went the day before and while it was still dark we had a Yote come in and pester us for 15 minutes. We tried to call him in but not close enough so since it was still dark and the birds weren't awake yet we chased it around the woods and eventually it ran off just in time for the birds to wake up. This bird gobbles, double gobbled, and tripple gobbled to our calls and to a real hen for over 1 hour while on the roost. When he pitched down he went the same way as the day before, just several hundred yards down the hill from us with a harem of hens. Kinda disappointed we didn't seal the deal, I looked at my 7 yr old nephew and said sorry we didn't get one, he replied "That was awesome". Then come to find out he spotted the Yote and said "dad there's something right here" as my bro tried to make out the sillouette. All in all it was a great week spent hunting despite not filling any tags, but making the memories beats filling a tag anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 sounds like it was still a heck of an experience. sounds like the nephew still had a blast which is perfect. pretty quiet here. I think i've got to move to a different property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Sounds like you had a great hunt Saturday. I've had some very memorable hunts when I didn't kill a bird too. Not much you can do about another hunter killing a bird you're trying to work as long as he's not on your side of the line. Good luck next time out if you can work another day in the turkey woods into your schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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