One in the hand or 2 in the bush

[hammer4reel]

 

Had a few toms crushing it on the roost .

They gobbled every time a tree squeaked in the wind .

fly down turned into total silence .

930 comes and I hear a gobble way to my left . A few yelps and there was no doubt he was coming .

He comes into my jake decoy at 6 yards and starts dancing around him .

as I’m ready to send a broadhead through him another Tom  coming from the right gobbles causing the hen he is following to start cutting hard .

one step the Tom close to me is now blocked by a branch .

The other Tom runs up to him , and instead of them jumping my decoy they proceed to beat the tar out of each other .

Feathers flying .

Hen starts to leave and they turn running behind her .

Two gobblers at 6 yards get to fight another day .

I should have just taken the first Tom , but wanted to see what the other bird was .

Hero to zero .

BUT we get to play again tomorrow .

 

 

[mazzgolf]

But you got to see a show! Watching Toms fight up close is awesome, and not many people actually get to see something like that. That's a great hunt in my book. I had something similar happen several years ago, and I still remember it.

[rocky]

Sounds like success to me, because it will be a day you remember when you are in that nursing home in a few years.c 

[fab]

I hunt turkey as much as I can.  Every chance I get. With whoever wants a partner.  I almost never carry a weapon.  I do the calling.  I wana be a part of the hunt.   I don’t need to pull the trigger.  

[hammer4reel]

13 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

But you got to see a show! Watching Toms fight up close is awesome, and not many people actually get to see something like that. That's a great hunt in my book. I had something similar happen several years ago, and I still remember it.

For me it’s all about the show .

Love seeing these birds up close .

Hearing them spit and drum so close you can hear their feathers vibrate .

And I get to do it again tomorrow .

 

[Septicdude]

39 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

 

Had a few toms crushing it on the roost .

They gobbled every time a tree squeaked in the wind .

fly down turned into total silence .

930 comes and I hear a gobble way to my left . A few yelps and there was no doubt he was coming .

He comes into my jake decoy at 6 yards and starts dancing around him .

as I’m ready to send a broadhead through him another Tom  coming from the right gobbles causing the hen he is following to start cutting hard .

one step the Tom close to me is now blocked by a branch .

The other Tom runs up to him , and instead of them jumping my decoy they proceed to beat the tar out of each other .

Feathers flying .

Hen starts to leave and they turn running behind her .

Two gobblers at 6 yards get to fight another day .

I should have just taken the first Tom , but wanted to see what the other bird was .

Hero to zero .

BUT we get to play again tomorrow .

 

 

I thunk I need location of this I believe someone here owes me a turkey.....or a 130+ buck dealers choice lol

[hammer4reel]

6 minutes ago, Septicdude said:

I thunk I need location of this I believe someone here owes me a turkey.....or a 130+ buck dealers choice lol

If I had your spots , I wouldn’t hunt any of mine 

[LanceinNJ]

That’s a winning day in my book. Love having them that close. 

[Russ 11]

That’s a good morning . At least you have birds to work . 

[3Blade]

I agree with above.. sounds like a good hunt to me👍🏼

[hammer4reel]

Just now, Russ 11 said:

That’s a good morning . At least you have birds to work . 

Tomorrow might be a ghost town .

different every day .

 

[Septicdude]

42 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

If I had your spots , I wouldn’t hunt any of mine 

If I had time to put into my spots they might be worth it lol.. or if I had more than 45 mins to hunt would also help🤣🤣  can't wait for that retirement age to come haha.

[hammer4reel]

8 minutes ago, Septicdude said:

If I had time to put into my spots they might be worth it lol.. or if I had more than 45 mins to hunt would also help🤣🤣  can't wait for that retirement age to come haha.

Don’t wish your youth away .

just reschedule your morning  appointments lol

[fab]

Life is funny I remember my dad was partners in a small business when I was growing up 1213 hrs. a day five days a week half a day six or seven hours on Saturday Saturday afternoon he would do family stuff Sunday we could fish.   He told me work all u can when the work and the money is their.    When I was a late teen my mother told me I better find interests other than hunting and fishing because you can’t hunt and fish every day and my dad told me I better find a career so that I could have money to hunt on the weekends , I don’t like either of those advices so I got a job that paid a little but had lots of flexibility so I could hunt as much as I could from 18 to 28

 

now I’m 52.  I got money to do whatever I got time to do whatever.    Most hunting and fishing losts it’s flare.   I love turkey.       My nj spots are slim pickings.  Ny and pa have birds.  More where I hunt  ny very physically demanding. because I’m out of shape and it’s physically exhausting I lost most of the drive.   Plus i was spoiled.    I had Great spots i used to shoot a lot of deer I used to see a lot of deer same for turkeys now it’s a lot more effort to see a little bit of game so it’s not worth it for me.    I enjoy reading about others success and stories.   So go when u can.  Time catches up.  And pls keep writing about them.   My dad is 84 all he talked about was going fishing this spring I tried to take him a few times He can’t physically do it anymore.  Now he watches YouTube fishing probably every day. 

Edited April 30 by fab

[Septicdude]

2 hours ago, hammer4reel said:

Don’t wish your youth away .

just reschedule your morning  appointments lol

Tried that this morning customer wasn't very happy about that 😕