Williamsburg Bow Hunter

Ended my season today on a high note as I filled my 5th tag- 18lbs, 9in beard, 1in spurs. Hard to believe this was the smallest gobbler I killed this season. Got some great video even though the birds weren’t gobbling at all. Should have it up soon. Later…

Had another great hunt this morning. Killed a really nice gobbler- 19lbs, 1 inch spurs, 10 inch beard. This old boy gobbled his head off- the best I’ve heard in a long time. He would double, triple and even quadruple gobble. Don’t know how he caught his breath. Got some great video. However, there’s only one problem. I forgot to turn on the shotgun mic on my camera, meaning there’s no audio along with the video. All that good gobbling gone to waste! Oh well. Check it out anyway. Later…

Man, I do love it when a plan comes together. Killed a nice gobbler this morning- 19 lbs, 11 inch beard, 2 1/4 inch spurs. He was definitely the dominant bird in the field. Got great video. Check it out in the Thunder Chickens gallery. Later…

Had another great hunt yesterday morning. Went to a place where I knew it would be a “hit or miss” situation. I’d be hunting in the woods and it would be fairly thick, especially with the ice damage. I had an idea where one might be roosting since I’d heard him gobble at about 10:30 the morning before the season opened, as I was scouting. I guessed right and as it was getting light he sounded off only about a 100 yds away. I knew the odds of me getting a shot at him were slim as he was roosting only about 40 yds off of a little field that was across the property line and this is where I figured he would naturally fly down. I had slipped in behind him on an old woods trail that I used for deer hunting. Man, when he started gobbling, he gobbled! He must have gobbled 20 times in the tree. I was probably no more than 80 yds from him. After it became light I knew I had to try something or he would fly down on the adjacent property and it would be all over. So, over about 10 minutes, I performed a series of light tree calls and ended with a fly-down cackle along with a rapid flapping of my turkey wing on my leg. I didn’t make a sound after that and neither did he for about 5 minutes ( seemed like 30 ). Next thing I see is him coming off the tree right to me. He pitched down about 25 yds away and immediately went into full strut and gobbled. That was it- boom, lights out!! 19.5 lbs, 9.75in beard and 1.25in spurs.

You know sometimes when you go out and everything just goes wrong and you wonder whether you’re a turkey hunter at all? Well, this was one of those times when you think just maybe I’m not so bad after all! Later…