as most of your are aware i am very avid turkey hunter.
fall turkey season is well under way here in MN and i have been spending all my free time hunting.
last weekend my son and i went and hunted a piece of private farm land that my best friends son rents.
i had no time to do any pre-scouting so we were going in blind.
we arrived at his place saturday morning an hour before first light.
we talked with Trent and he told us where he thinks they come out of every morning,walked across the field and set up the blind about 30 yards or so from the adjoining property where the woods are.we didnt have permission to hunt that property so we kept a good berth from it.
as we were setting up the blind and decoys in the dark with our headlamps on,we spotted some turkey poop and feathers.should be a good spot.
at around 8:00 am i needed to go talk to a guy about a horse.so i got out of the blind walked down a bit and found a tree. after i finished my business i thought ot my self that i should just get back into the blind.
but i decided to go walk and look at the other field to see if there were any birds out there or any good sign. well i found lots of good sign that showed the birds did indeed frequent that field as well. as i was coming around the corner of the tree line making my way back to the blind i see several turkey headed to the blind and decoys. i crouch down and stay put so as not to ruin it for my son.
when the birds got about 20 yards or so from the blind i hear my 835 ulti mag bark and see a turkey hit the dirt.he got one ATTA BOY WES!!!!
we stayed put for awhile in hopes that the other birds would come back so i could try my luck with my new 935 mag turkey gun that i named mother (in rememberance of my mom who passed away at the beginning of spring turkey season). well no such luck seeing another bird so after an hour or so we packed it in and headed home so Wes could get his bird cleaned.
once his bird was cleaned and he headed for his home in Brainerd Mn i went back for the afternoon to see if i could get lucky.well once again no such luck.
on sunday i was there once again before sunup.
shortly after sunup the remaining birds from the flock that he took his jake from,came out of the woods in the exact same spot. they looked at my set up for a bit and back into the woods they went.i think they learned from the day before. so sunday was a bad day of hunting(if there is such a thing) but it was still better than a good day at work,
today i didnt have to work,so once again i went out to Trents place and was there about 45 minutes before first light.this time i set up in a different field. shortly after sunup i seen a bunch of birds fly down from roost. they were more than 200 yards away from,walked across the field to the other tree line and i seen even more birds fly down. they meandered around the field for awhile keeping their distance and back into the woods they went where the first bunch flew down from roost at.
i patiently waited and played with the farm cat that came out to my blind with me.
a little while later they cam back out of the woods,this time they were only 140 yards or so away from me. i watched as they slowly made their way in my direction.
when they got to about 80 yards away 2 birds brock from the flock and started running straight at me.i could tell one was a jake(no big deal as its legal to shoot hens here in the fall season).when they got to about 25 yards i placed the reticle of the eotech sight on him and squeezed the trigger and i MISSED!!! so i fired again-another MISS!!!,hes still running away and place the reticle on him one more time and squeeze the trigger back and mother hollers at him again-BIRD DOWN!!! BIRD DOWN!!!!!.
now in all fairness this is the first time i have ever hunted with this gun or this type of sight system( i know,no excuse)
all day i had been thinking about my mom and how i missed her and love her. she always said she wished she could go turkey hunting with me. i know today she was with me in spirit.
this gun is named Mother(was bough with the little money she left me) so now mother gets to go turkey hunting with me every year.
im not to proud to admit that i did cry a little after taking that bird with that gun. it meant a lot to me to be able to do it.
i have been hunting turkey for over 20 years,and have taken many many turkeys.i have never mounted a fan as im not a turkey hunter. but the fan from this bird is special to me and will get mounted and hung in my man cave right next to my moms picture.
i will try and post pics,but not sure if they will work as they were taken with my cell phone.
thanks for reading.
well i tried and it says max post size has been exceeded
if any one can help me out i would truly appreciate it(im somewhat computer illiterate )
fall turkey season is well under way here in MN and i have been spending all my free time hunting.
last weekend my son and i went and hunted a piece of private farm land that my best friends son rents.
i had no time to do any pre-scouting so we were going in blind.
we arrived at his place saturday morning an hour before first light.
we talked with Trent and he told us where he thinks they come out of every morning,walked across the field and set up the blind about 30 yards or so from the adjoining property where the woods are.we didnt have permission to hunt that property so we kept a good berth from it.
as we were setting up the blind and decoys in the dark with our headlamps on,we spotted some turkey poop and feathers.should be a good spot.
at around 8:00 am i needed to go talk to a guy about a horse.so i got out of the blind walked down a bit and found a tree. after i finished my business i thought ot my self that i should just get back into the blind.
but i decided to go walk and look at the other field to see if there were any birds out there or any good sign. well i found lots of good sign that showed the birds did indeed frequent that field as well. as i was coming around the corner of the tree line making my way back to the blind i see several turkey headed to the blind and decoys. i crouch down and stay put so as not to ruin it for my son.
when the birds got about 20 yards or so from the blind i hear my 835 ulti mag bark and see a turkey hit the dirt.he got one ATTA BOY WES!!!!
we stayed put for awhile in hopes that the other birds would come back so i could try my luck with my new 935 mag turkey gun that i named mother (in rememberance of my mom who passed away at the beginning of spring turkey season). well no such luck seeing another bird so after an hour or so we packed it in and headed home so Wes could get his bird cleaned.
once his bird was cleaned and he headed for his home in Brainerd Mn i went back for the afternoon to see if i could get lucky.well once again no such luck.
on sunday i was there once again before sunup.
shortly after sunup the remaining birds from the flock that he took his jake from,came out of the woods in the exact same spot. they looked at my set up for a bit and back into the woods they went.i think they learned from the day before. so sunday was a bad day of hunting(if there is such a thing) but it was still better than a good day at work,
today i didnt have to work,so once again i went out to Trents place and was there about 45 minutes before first light.this time i set up in a different field. shortly after sunup i seen a bunch of birds fly down from roost. they were more than 200 yards away from,walked across the field to the other tree line and i seen even more birds fly down. they meandered around the field for awhile keeping their distance and back into the woods they went where the first bunch flew down from roost at.
i patiently waited and played with the farm cat that came out to my blind with me.
a little while later they cam back out of the woods,this time they were only 140 yards or so away from me. i watched as they slowly made their way in my direction.
when they got to about 80 yards away 2 birds brock from the flock and started running straight at me.i could tell one was a jake(no big deal as its legal to shoot hens here in the fall season).when they got to about 25 yards i placed the reticle of the eotech sight on him and squeezed the trigger and i MISSED!!! so i fired again-another MISS!!!,hes still running away and place the reticle on him one more time and squeeze the trigger back and mother hollers at him again-BIRD DOWN!!! BIRD DOWN!!!!!.
now in all fairness this is the first time i have ever hunted with this gun or this type of sight system( i know,no excuse)
all day i had been thinking about my mom and how i missed her and love her. she always said she wished she could go turkey hunting with me. i know today she was with me in spirit.
this gun is named Mother(was bough with the little money she left me) so now mother gets to go turkey hunting with me every year.
im not to proud to admit that i did cry a little after taking that bird with that gun. it meant a lot to me to be able to do it.
i have been hunting turkey for over 20 years,and have taken many many turkeys.i have never mounted a fan as im not a turkey hunter. but the fan from this bird is special to me and will get mounted and hung in my man cave right next to my moms picture.
i will try and post pics,but not sure if they will work as they were taken with my cell phone.
thanks for reading.
well i tried and it says max post size has been exceeded
if any one can help me out i would truly appreciate it(im somewhat computer illiterate )
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