I really love that woman. Took a friend out who just completed his turkey course a while ago and got him on a bird. The birds were hot where we were on Friday morning and he got a real show for his first hunt, including having three deer show up behind us in the woods at 20 yards just before sunrise, gobblers sounding off everywhere and battles with hens. Not bad for a first turkey hunt.
All the birds pitched down and made their way to a corner of the field away from our set up and it took a little convincing to get them to come our way. Three gobblers and two hens were in the group and they made their way slowly toward us as the hens and I chatted back and forth. They held up a little bit and I switched from the pot slate to my voicebox for some soft clucks and yelps and that did it. Two of the gobblers almost ran over each other to get to us and my buddy dropped one of them at 25 yards.
Not a bad first bird at all.
23 lbs
8" beard
3/4" spurs
I'm due for tag soup next season...been too good a Spring so far.
