Another lesson leared

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

I don't Turkey hunt much due to work, fishing and prep for spring bear and the price of fuel for the Ram pig....but I do enjoy it!

Booked the day off yesterday. Up at 3am arrived and set-up in 92B at 5:30amish. Ya that's a long drive! lol

Heard a gobble at sun-up. Called and he was responding but I figure he didn't want to cross the big ditch between us and he went silent.

Packed up at 9am to run and gun.

Made it to location #2 on other side of ditch. Made a locate call and he responded immediately.
Needless to say I wasn't set-up to take the shot. He seen me reach for my gun and headed for the hills. I did take a 40yard poke and killed a sapling... lol

Lesson learned if you're going to call make sure your prepared to shoot and don't move...lol

That was probably my last outing but you never know...

[longpointer]

I've had so many lessons taught to me by those birds that I should be a friggin genius. LoL !

[Articcat]

Same hear took me a long time to correct my mistakes

[Deer Hunter]

Yes, we could write a book…lol

[trimmer21]

The best lesson I learned was that not everything you hear is what you think. I was in the bush early before first light last season,got the call going,heard lots of answering yelps and gobbles,but,couldn't get the bird to show himself. After a couple of hours of the back-and-forth,silence. I waited about a half hour and out of desparation and against all safety protocals,I used a gobble call and ahen yelp like she was getting raped. The next call I heard was "Hey,STFU over there. We can't hear the birds for all your racket".

[Articcat]

LOL too funny

[delmer]

The best lesson I learned was that not everything you hear is what you think.

I concur! I was once hunting a farm that abutted other property that I knew had hunters on it. I kept hearing some terrible yelping that just wouldn't stop, coming from the adjacent property, and I kept thinking "shut up over there before you scare everything away." Low and behold, a while later, after listening to what I thought was a supremely poor attempt at creating a hen yelp, a group of turkeys appears, with the boss hen leading the way, crappy voice and all. I'll never again assume that just because it doesn't sound like a turkey, it isn't.

[finsfurfeathers]

I concur! I was once hunting a farm that abutted other property that I knew had hunters on it. I kept hearing some terrible yelping that just wouldn't stop, coming from the adjacent property, and I kept thinking "shut up over there before you scare everything away." Low and behold, a while later, after listening to what I thought was a supremely poor attempt at creating a hen yelp, a group of turkeys appears, with the boss hen leading the way, crappy voice and all. I'll never again assume that just because it doesn't sound like a turkey, it isn't.

Been there too. Came to the conclusion hens don't know how to call.