Tennessee Lead
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Took my neighbor and his son this morning on the juvenile hunt. Gobbling was a little slow ended up hearing 7 different birds before we had to come out for his ball game.
Found 3 with the Hoot'N Stick roosted within 100 yards of where we started from.
I wanted to set up in a spot but the Dad was afraid that they wouldn't come down the haul road. I felt as they would but I said ok so we eased in tighter and set up I didn't like it as well because it would be a very close shot. I figured they'd do as what happened. Come up right on top of us. I stayed 15 yards behind them and began to call. They gobbled a few times and hushed.
I whispered and said they're coming. Sure enough Pssstt Vrooooom they drummed 20 yards from us for what seemed an eternity. I purred and scratched the leaves and they let out a thunderous gobble.
Just over the road bed. I could see the fan tips.
The young hunter and his Dad made an adjustment to move theirselves to their right which made quite a bit of noise. They stopped drumming and went back down in that steep holler that they came up.
I made another move with them down the ridge to a low gap and got them to answer one more time but they weren't coming back.
I wish we had set up where I wanted to. I feel he would have gotten a shot off but it didn't happen.
He did get the shakes and had a big smile on his face he had a good time.
I had a smile myself because I've missed those sounds and it felt dang good to call em that close and have them drumming and jar the ground when all 3 gobbled beside us.
I'm going to try and take him back behind the house before church tomorrow morning.
Found 3 with the Hoot'N Stick roosted within 100 yards of where we started from.
I wanted to set up in a spot but the Dad was afraid that they wouldn't come down the haul road. I felt as they would but I said ok so we eased in tighter and set up I didn't like it as well because it would be a very close shot. I figured they'd do as what happened. Come up right on top of us. I stayed 15 yards behind them and began to call. They gobbled a few times and hushed.
I whispered and said they're coming. Sure enough Pssstt Vrooooom they drummed 20 yards from us for what seemed an eternity. I purred and scratched the leaves and they let out a thunderous gobble.
Just over the road bed. I could see the fan tips.
The young hunter and his Dad made an adjustment to move theirselves to their right which made quite a bit of noise. They stopped drumming and went back down in that steep holler that they came up.
I made another move with them down the ridge to a low gap and got them to answer one more time but they weren't coming back.
I wish we had set up where I wanted to. I feel he would have gotten a shot off but it didn't happen.
He did get the shakes and had a big smile on his face he had a good time.
I had a smile myself because I've missed those sounds and it felt dang good to call em that close and have them drumming and jar the ground when all 3 gobbled beside us.
I'm going to try and take him back behind the house before church tomorrow morning.
