Well over the last few days I've been out with some forum members , chasing turkeys and trying to get some more trophy pictures ....
Nine hunts / set-ups total , and only one Tom to show for it ... That's about our average though ... who said , turkey hunting was easy ! ( I definately need more practice calling ! ) Last Thursday , Set up in a blind , to video a morning hunt with Excalibur forum member "VixChick" ... in a spot I was sure was going to produce !We saw a doe crossing the foggy field and four crows that seemed to be laughing at us , but that was it ! ... We had a great time exchanging hunting stories , but overall the birds didn't cooperate
I did go back and scout a day after and got this picture of a hen sneaking in the bush line ... ( bottom right of picture / we had been set up in the area just inside the bush at top left )
I was confused on what went down that morning ( where did the birds go ? ) , I scouted yesterday afternoon from the other end of the property and found them lurking there ... ( lets face it ... they are "full time" turkeys , and we are "part time" hunters ! )
Saturday morning , Set up in another blind location , to video a morning hunt with Excalibur forum member "TPM" ... again , in a spot I was sure was going to produce !Although we had a couple gobblers working in the same bush lots as us .... nothing came in !
We did see a hen after we packed up ... a hen my wife and I call "Velociraptor" , because she has been seen many times on her own and is always stalking around in a manner that reminds us of the VR .. ( here is a picture from this afternoon )
Later that morning , TPM and I drove around for some more scouting , and although we never did find a suitable turkey target , I did get a few pictures of the local wildlife ...
Three young deer cross a field ... spooked from our scouting the opposite end .
Here are a few frames of some local bird and pond critters that caught my eye that morning as well ...
This morning ( Monday ) , Set up in a blind , to video a morning hunt with Excalibur forum member "Sandman" ... in a spot I was sure was going to produce ! , while forum member "CH" hunted the next field over from us Sandman and I were surrounded by birds ... got to see some cool fly downs , and the morning was looking great until three other hunters crossed the field about 1.5 hrs after sunrise and messed the whole plan up !
We did hear a shot from "CH" 's location , and It wasn't long before I got an excited text message " big bird down baby ! " when he tagged out on his second bird of the season !
Congrat's Chris .... another beauty Tom !
Well to make a long story short .... Sandman and I , covered another five farms and saw a total of 12 toms and jakes for the day ... got drenched in the rain , but never got a shot off all day ...
( Some real close calls though ! )
The high lite of the day , was the fact that we secured permission on two new farms , and I got two cool pictures of a newborn fawn when a doe crossed our path in the rain ...
The doe crossed the trail ... snorted us and acted crazy like she was messed up , trying to lead us away , and then the fawn crossed and layed down in the grass till we passed by and eventually got up to follow / rejoin the doe ... Man , that was worth the day out in the field !
And to top the day off ...
We put some birds to roost at one of the new farms ... so things are looking good for tomorrow !
Here are two frames that I took , to ID the dominant Tom ... Hope he gives " Sandman " an opportunity in the morning !
( Full tail and long beard , he's a beauty ! )
I got 10 bucks says " Sandman " dreams about this bird tonight ! Page Break ... Tuesday morning May 24th .
We watched a dull overcast sunrise , set up at the bush we roosted birds at last night ... but everything was quite ?
Once the sun was all the way up crows kept alarming in the trees behind us .. turns out two large " Great Horned Owls " , were perched approx 60 yards from our location ... I walked back to checked them out and watched them fly thru the bush , but couldn't get the camera on them quick enough ... I guess that explains the absence of the turkeys ? ( it was a small bushlot and I'm guessing the presence of the owls forced the turkeys to move to the next bush ? )
Sandman and I scouted a few more farms and set up at another location where we saw a group of toms / jakes from previous day . While we were setting up a turkey flew out of the tall grass two fields away from us ? .. We were wondering what spooked that bird ? .
( later a wandering coyote came from that direction .. maye he had the turkeys on alert , because , nothing came our way )
Rest of the day ... every time we scouted for a new set up , we got busted and had birds moving away from us ... fun just getting out for the hunt though !
Like I said before ... They are "full time" turkeys , and we are "part time" hunters ! 
