Posted: 3/30/2007 6:42:23 PM EDT
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Season opener tomorrow in upstate SC; I'm so excited I could bite my toes!! I've got the next three days devoted to old longbeard. Gobble gobble! |
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It was an awesome sight yesterday morning when the gobbler attacked. I had been working a love-starved bird since sunrise for about 40 minutes when he finally flew down. I was sitting on the edge of a freshly planted corn field on only my second hunt of the season as I hoped to get bird #2. "Fred", my imposter of a gobbler, was successful on opening day last week in helping me close the deal on bird #1, and now he was back again with his enticing hen postured before him. The gobbler stepped into the field about 85 yards away and immediately began coming in my direction along the wood line. Suddenly, about 75% in strut and red-faced with fury, the gobbler ran violently to Fred and tried to kill him. He slammed his spurs into Fred--but Fred was not deterred, still staring at the lovely hen in waiting. This enraged the gobbler who attacked again with even greater velocity, this time slamming Fred into the ground. It was then, from only 15 yards, I did some slamming of my own as my 3 1/2" #5s whacked the attacker and ended the battle. Ole Fred had come through for me again, but this time he had two spurs holes in his side to show for it. And who says strutting gobblers don't work?  
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Shotgun season starts on April 14th here in NE. I can't wait! I've been seeing lots of Gobblers out strutting! I mounted a scope on my shotgun this year. (Won it at an NWTF baquet). Thought I'd try it out. Going to go out and sight it in today or tomorrow. Also this year my daughter is old enough to go along. May finally use that Double Bull blind that I bought a few years back. Should be fun. |
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BTW Nice pic and story springhill. I'll try to post something after my hunts. Hope everyone else does too. OH...I got a new call that I'm pretty excited about. It's a "Snuff Tube". I've never used one before but I saw a guy do a gobble with one and I had to try it. It's pretty easy to do a pretty good gobble. (I hunt on private ground so gobbling should be safe). I want to try and evoke the same type of response for my Jake decoy that springhill got on his strutting gobbler decoy. My call is a PRIMOS. Anyone have any experience with this type of call. Any other makes/models that anyone recommends? As I said, this is the firs tube type turkey call I've ever used so I have nothing to compare it with. Just got the PRIMOS because their calls have been good to me. |