Struttin

Yep, drive by 2-3 diff. groups every AM on my way to work with the toms/jakes strutting away.
 
Been seeing a lot more deer out in the AM and PM's in the fields too and more roadkills.  Probably BB's getting pushed out of mommas home range since the new crop is getting ready to be dropped in a month or 2.  

Talked with the neighbor last night...
 
A farm just down the road he has permission to hunt on, had a flock of over 100 birds in a cut corn field on it last weekend....

Im ready to go what time should I be there

I always use.a hen

Elizabeth Forward??

I got a few spots down there as well wags. aroud the park area.. and 51

Eman you mean 51 & Round Hill. Thats 1 mile out my back door.

Yes wags alot of friends down therr

Sister put the smack down this morning on one with the crossbow

Not long now Wags..

I got plenty of those I been stocking up for catfish season. I will be hitting work
 
we did shoot the other day I was surprised how did my girlfriend did was the gun!

We did good today at Mammoth in the pouring rain! I still don't know where we are headed on Saturday. Gonna be the girlfriends first hunt and I wont even be taking a gun just calling and videoing for her. I have a spot but afraid other people will be around and I don't want it ruined for her..

Wags your pictures are X on the screen

I was beginning to wonder if anyone from this board hunted yesterday at all.
 
Better weather day than I expected.  Got set-up in a decent position on a roosted bird.  Could have gotten a bit closer in hindsight.  But it didn't matter as he shut-up and never made another peep, before flydown.  Odd.  It was public land, but no other vehicles or hunters seen.  Maybe someone got too close that I didn't hear.  Coyotes carrying on behind me but they were a ways off.  Might have been enough to quiet him though.
 
Stuck it out on a couple more sits deep in the woods.  Not a sound.
 
Around 10:15 got back to truck and headed home, stopping by another public spot that I wanted to scout a walk-in route for pre-work hunting this week.  That took all of about 20 minutes.  As walking back to truck across a field I heard the usual.  A gobbler saying goodbye.  That always seems to happen.  Checked my watch, 11:10.  Eh, that's enough time.  Hurried back to the woodline.  Judging from the sound, he was across a river.  But then I heard others further upstream that I wasn't so sure weren't on my side.  Moved down the woodline to a better position.  By better position I'm mean marginally better.  Not ideal.  Sitting on a dirt bank with standing water below me and assorted swampiness between me and the birds.  Worth a shot anyway.  Answered almost immediately.  One seemed like it was coming in.  Plenty of responses so I shut-up.  Sounded like hung up at about 60 yards which I expected given the barriers between us.  Gave one more yelping sequence but quieter.  I don't know if that did the trick, but within a few minutes here he comes.  Took a bit longer shot that I wanted as it was #1 open, #2 in front of the standing water.  I didn't think it would get any better and was afraid he might take off to fly over the water.  Ended up dying in a foot of water, but wasn't too bad fishing him out.  Not too pretty after flopping around in muck.  Good bird though.  Guessing a two year old.  9" beard but thin.  Heaviest I ever shot.  Using a crappy scale I got between 22-24 lbs.  Not much for spurs.  One broken.  The other barely 3/4".