Daver
PMA Member
I am getting this post up late due to technical difficulties, but earlier this spring I had a special guest along with me on my one day turkey season. My wife Regina joined me that morning, and while she wasn't carrying a gun, she did stake a claim on the downed bird...as she was the first one to hear that particular gobbler.
Getting ready - the alarm went off pretty early that day and I snapped a pic while still in the cabin that morning. Let's just say that I don't think she wanted her picture taken at that hour!
In the dark - we were listening for early gobbling and did hear a fair amount of gobbling on the roost that day. When she wasn't looking, I again snuck the camera out of my pocket for another "surprise" shot!
Got one - I had a bird approaching on my far left and I had just got my gun up waiting for that one to crest the hill, when out of the corner of my eye, I see a tail fan at my hard right. A bird that my wife was hearing, I was concentrating too much on the birds to my left, beat the others into the spread. I figured "he'd eat" too and quickly swung the ol' Benelli over to the right and cracked him just as he strutted over the hill to us. Game over!
Heavy - My wife was convinced that this was "her turkey"...until I told her that she would have to gut it.
Really - at which point, it became "my turkey" again.
ATV - but, no worries, she hopped on the 4 wheeler and zipped all around the place for most of the rest of the day.
It was nice to have a fair number of turks to chase again this year. This is the first year in several years where the population has been fair to good in our neighborhood and I think we should have a nice hatch this year too with the relatively mile spring we have had. Next year...I will see if I can get her out hunting to get her own!
Getting ready - the alarm went off pretty early that day and I snapped a pic while still in the cabin that morning. Let's just say that I don't think she wanted her picture taken at that hour!
In the dark - we were listening for early gobbling and did hear a fair amount of gobbling on the roost that day. When she wasn't looking, I again snuck the camera out of my pocket for another "surprise" shot!
Got one - I had a bird approaching on my far left and I had just got my gun up waiting for that one to crest the hill, when out of the corner of my eye, I see a tail fan at my hard right. A bird that my wife was hearing, I was concentrating too much on the birds to my left, beat the others into the spread. I figured "he'd eat" too and quickly swung the ol' Benelli over to the right and cracked him just as he strutted over the hill to us. Game over!
Heavy - My wife was convinced that this was "her turkey"...until I told her that she would have to gut it.
Really - at which point, it became "my turkey" again.
ATV - but, no worries, she hopped on the 4 wheeler and zipped all around the place for most of the rest of the day.
It was nice to have a fair number of turks to chase again this year. This is the first year in several years where the population has been fair to good in our neighborhood and I think we should have a nice hatch this year too with the relatively mile spring we have had. Next year...I will see if I can get her out hunting to get her own!