Turkey skunk

Well, the first weekend of turkey season my bud and I managed to call in a nice jake, which he promptly missed at about 15 yards (something about turk fever...) and we saw 6 more birds that day...fast forward a week and on the 9th, it was hot, muggy and had little breeze (like June in Missouri) and the place was packed..with people!  4 on horseback, 9 early 30's types in beer with swimsuits and a horde of MBikers!!!  5 miles of hiking, no birds, called till my mouth was sore, no reply!!! 

well I guess we will get out again in a few weeks...gobble gobble

I went with Jelly this am as well, he too missed, but it was a longish shot.  Good luck next time.

The Grim Reaper was very close for Mr. Tom.  I took Tan-Man, my oldest boy out on a killing feista.  We had the urge to spill blood.  My boss took us to the secret spot and we called in a nice fat tom.  Tanner was shooting to the left, and I got the right.  The tom came to me, oh well.  I shot him at 12 yards, and he creeped right in on us w/o a peep, or gobble.  He did the... far off gobble, but got real quiet towards his last seconds of life.  We called in 4 or 5 others but they hung out a little far out for our range.  here is a pic.  DAD AND SON.... thats what its all about.!!!!!!!  The beard was 7.5 inches, with some nice spurs.

AWESOME!!! Jelly is in his blind right now...hope he gets on today.

Excellent..... Nice pic too!

Is that the same turkey from last year?

SWEET!!!
no hunt this weekend, I had to spend time with the wife and de-stress her a little bit...
Hopefully the weather is good at home and in the field next weekend...