I haven't had much time to hunt this year. Stuff going on with my club and all. But the first part of Kaintuckee's fall shotgun turkey season came in last Saturday and I never miss a chance to turkey hunt. As luck had it, I had committed to go 4-wheeling with my nephew last weekend (managed to roll me and my bike down a steep hill into a mud hole but that is another story :roflmao: ) so I didn't get to hunt till this morning.
Got in the woods way before sun up. I like to watch the woods come alive. My favorite time to hunt. I picked a spot that I knew held turkeys, sat down and waited for light. About 45 minutes after daylight, I was thinking about moving to another location. I had not seen or heard anything so far except three squirrels. :madd: I was thinking I ought to be squirrel hunting. Then I remembered the first rule of turkey hunting...."Don't move!" So I decided to give it a few more minutes.
At about the one-hour mark, I saw movement over my right shoulder. At about 200 yards, 10 to 15 turkeys popped over the ridge. Of course I am facing the wrong direction as usual. I hear a few yelps and kee kee's and answer them with my mouth call. I can see them turn and start heading my way. At this point I slowly twisted around to the right, hoping the bushes would cover my movement.
They didn't spook but they turned about a 45-degree angle from me and kept coming. They were too close to call anymore without focusing their attention on that big blob that was twisted around the tree (me :eyebrownod: ). It looked like they were going to head back over the ridge so at 57 steps I dropped the hammer on the bird that stopped to look at the big blob. My super full SBE never fails me and she dropped like a sack of rocks. :biggrin: (Hens are legal in Ky in the fall in case ya were wondering) And the rest of the birds scattered to the 4 winds. Kentucky allows 2 fall birds with a shotgun but only one per day so I didn't try to call them back. :nono:
All in all I had a great morning. Thanks for lookin. :biggrin:
Semp
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What a great way to start your day! Congrats Semp :congrats:
Sweet!! We don't have a fall season here :madd:
Awesome. and he grinnin like a bird fed cat :yoyo:
Thats a darn good way to start your whole week Semp!! Ohio has a 2 week shotgun fall season too & it just ended. I never got to go. Fall archery runs until Nov 29th. We'll see. I don't know about arrowing a turkey just yet. We can shoot any bird we see but are only allowed one in the Fall.
Great story & cool picture. I was hoping you didn't say you went to move & got busted!! :whew:
Good stuff Semp! :thumb2:
Way to go. Looks like a good Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Jerry
Congrats, that some good eatin right there. I havent made it out yet. Tomorrow I'm scouting a rifle deer stand and bringin the shotgun along. Hopefully I'll run into a turk, pheas, rabbit, etc etc etc.
No pic of the SBE ??? I wanna get jealous :biggrin:
Silencer
Not much to look at really. Just a run of the mill SBE. It's leaning against my right shoulder in the pic. You can see the sling too. :wink: It's full camo and I've hauled it for years to the woods and, when I use to water fowl hunt, to the goose pits. 3 1/2 inch #5 hevi-shot with a Briley super full turkey choke does a heck of a job on turkeys.
Semp