Kansasdeerslayer
PMA Member
Well, this week was fun for me. Thursday evening my son, Logan, who's 8, went with me for his first ever sit in the blind. When we got to the spot, we walked in and there were 2 toms already in the field. They didn't stick around long. But we got set up anyway and had a very uneventful 90 minute hunt. Darkness set in and he was bored silly,(he left his Gameboy at home). This was special for me because he has shown no desire to hit the woods with me, except for some squirrel hunting when he gets to tote his BB gun. Just wish I coulda called in a bird for him.
Went out this morning with my buddy Andrew and the woods were thundering in every direction with gobbles at daylight. One bird was really close. A few soft tree yelps, a fly down cackle, and a few light yelps brought him in about 15 minutes into legal hours. He never gobbled once after he flew down and appeared out of nowhere to our left at 10 yards. He wasn't sure what to think about Pretty Boy. He started to leave and I put some no.5's through his brain at 15 yards.
We had several other birds nearby gobbling good so I ran out and grabbed him and brought him in the blind with us. Andrew had to be at work at 10am, so we tried for 3 hours to get him a bird with no luck. Time for some pics, but he was stiff as a board, so my pics didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. But who cares, I finally knocked one down!
My son was pumped when I got home, and wished he was with me
, so I am taking him back to the same spot in the morning. Now I am pumped! Even if we don't see a bird, I think he will enjoy the morning gobbling and all of the deer we will see(had several blowing at me this morning...this place has about 30 deer/acre
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20 lbs, 10 ozs. (average KS bird)
11 1/4 inch beard
1 inch spurs
Went out this morning with my buddy Andrew and the woods were thundering in every direction with gobbles at daylight. One bird was really close. A few soft tree yelps, a fly down cackle, and a few light yelps brought him in about 15 minutes into legal hours. He never gobbled once after he flew down and appeared out of nowhere to our left at 10 yards. He wasn't sure what to think about Pretty Boy. He started to leave and I put some no.5's through his brain at 15 yards.
We had several other birds nearby gobbling good so I ran out and grabbed him and brought him in the blind with us. Andrew had to be at work at 10am, so we tried for 3 hours to get him a bird with no luck. Time for some pics, but he was stiff as a board, so my pics didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. But who cares, I finally knocked one down!
My son was pumped when I got home, and wished he was with me
20 lbs, 10 ozs. (average KS bird)
11 1/4 inch beard
1 inch spurs
