Turkey

I didn't get out during the week so I planned to make the most of the weekend - rain and wind notwithstanding.

Spent 6 hours at my first location in the bush near a couple of old fields Saturday a.m. Nothing. Not a peep.

Spent 3 hours Sunday at my second location on a farm - saw a tom and two jakes but couldn't get them to come in, despite calling and having a set of decoys out. They never even seemed interest at all. Maybe they couldn't hear the calling over the wind/rain. They did wander as close as 150 yards - so they should have heard the calling or saw the decoys. Similar to Saturday a.m - very little calling going on.

I decided to move back to the first location for a couple of hours. I park the truck about 400 yards from the fields. I bumped a small flock on my way in and was able to get one of the curious jakes.

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Way to go Werner. Persistance paid off!

WTG your determination to stay longer payed off for you

for the miserable forecast you did great. Some of the best eats right there in any case

Nice jake congrats. Nice way to finish a bad weather hunt.

awesome! way to go! looks like pretty country youre hunting

nice, weather was crappy for sure.

Well done and congratulations ! Is that a Remington 1100 you are using ? No doubt you button up and hide all that orange liner on your coat or do you wear a ghillie suit over it ? I pack a blaze orange toque in a pocket for my end of hunt walk out... better safe than sorry.

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Originally Posted by longpointer

Well done and congratulations ! Is that a Remington 1100 you are using ? No doubt you button up and hide all that orange liner on your coat or do you wear a ghillie suit over it ? I pack a blaze orange toque in a pocket for my end of hunt walk out... better safe than sorry.

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I zip up to cover up the orange and am usually in a ground blind. I have a mask that covers my head and neck as well.

The shotgun is a winchester 2400 (a cheaper version of the original winchester 1400). I bought it new in 1978 when I was 16. First gun I bought.

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Originally Posted by kokes

awesome! way to go! looks like pretty country youre hunting

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This is my farm/bush lot between Pembroke and Eganville. The rocky / mossy stuff is where they had partially cleared it and made stone piles but gave up and let it return to be bush - this part is mostly white pine now.