StaleyEMT
04-26-2009, 03:32 PM
After not hearing any gobbling yesterday and the 86 degree temps, I decided not to hunt yesterday evening. Instead I went to a paylake with my brother inlaws and fished til 1 am this morning.When the alarm went off at 5 am, I was dead tired and started not to go this morning. My wife
woke me up a couple times and asked if I was going hunting, I kept on telling her yea, in a few minutes. She finally asked " aren't you going to go kill me a turkey".(she loves turkey breast). So I got up and made it to the woods and WOW, what a morning!After hearing 8-10 birds gobbling like crazy, I also watched a hawk catch a fish out of Rockcastle River, fly to within 40 yards of me and land on a log and began to eat his catch. I started up the ridge in pursuit of the turkeys and seen another hawk catch a squirrel. After making it to the top and making only a few calls, I ended up harvesting this really nice tom. Moral of this story, Go the extra mile, it's usually always worth it!:Dhttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu175/bigsmooth_bto/IMG_0751.jpg?t=1240772718
woke me up a couple times and asked if I was going hunting, I kept on telling her yea, in a few minutes. She finally asked " aren't you going to go kill me a turkey".(she loves turkey breast). So I got up and made it to the woods and WOW, what a morning!After hearing 8-10 birds gobbling like crazy, I also watched a hawk catch a fish out of Rockcastle River, fly to within 40 yards of me and land on a log and began to eat his catch. I started up the ridge in pursuit of the turkeys and seen another hawk catch a squirrel. After making it to the top and making only a few calls, I ended up harvesting this really nice tom. Moral of this story, Go the extra mile, it's usually always worth it!:Dhttp://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu175/bigsmooth_bto/IMG_0751.jpg?t=1240772718