Opening Day


cdeskins7

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Made my 1st turkey hunt of the season this morning. Didn't hear a bird within a half mile of where I sat & listened at the crack of dawn. Got to a gobbling bird about the time he hit the ground...close!!! Had to take a tree quick with a very limited short view. Never saw him but he was close enough to hear him drumming. Saw 8 of the hens that were roosted close to him and heard more hens near him I never saw. They went away & then down the side of the ridge I was sitting on & it's REAL STEEP! Couldn't believe they did that! Later saw 4 male turkeys but way too far in a field and behind weeds to tell if they were jakes or gobblers. All I could see on them was from their necks up but 1 gobbled once. About 20 minutes later some deer spooked them off. Threw in the towel and while I was driving out in my Ranger EV I drove up on 3 gobblers within 100 yards of where I started at the crack of dawn. Got inside 25 yards before they walked off going down the same ridge I was sitting on at dawn. No clue why they weren't gobbling on the roost or where they came from. Fun morning for my 1st turkey hunt of the season. Saw a lot of game...other than the birds I already mentioned, 3 other hens, 21 deer, a pig, and a lot of wood ducks.

Probably heading back to the woods for round 2 tomorrow morning. Rained this past weekend and rain moves back in Thursday & Friday then gets cold this coming weekend. Fingers crossed it's not windy and cold this weekend.

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