Setterman
Well-Known Member
Opening day for me started off dang quiet. One bird was lighting it up roughly 100 miles away while the mountain side I was on was silent. I was hunting with one of my long time cohorts so we formulated a plan. We'd ease out to a point which allows us to hear the entire area and just wait one out silenty (napping) until he revealed his location.
Right before we reached our nap spot I made a series of calls, nothing too aggressive just enough to check the area. Zero response. We had about 50 yards to go to the spot and while crunching through dry leaves I barely caught a single cluck down the mountain. With the woods so open we sat down right there as it was hard to pinpoint the location. I made another call and got zero response. After a few minutes I swore I picked up a spit down below us. Another call revealed silence again. However I definitely heard a spit. With that I cut and was greeted with a booming gobble. In a matter of minutes the deafening sound of drumming was creeping closer, then feet in leaves. After another few minutes the woods below at 40 yards began to fill with turkeys, 20 or so hens and 5 strutters. When they crossed the 30 yard line I gave the kill em command and we rolled the two lead strutters. Massive birds body wise and each were probably 22 ish pounds and both had matching 1 1/8" spurs with 10 " beards.
Right before we reached our nap spot I made a series of calls, nothing too aggressive just enough to check the area. Zero response. We had about 50 yards to go to the spot and while crunching through dry leaves I barely caught a single cluck down the mountain. With the woods so open we sat down right there as it was hard to pinpoint the location. I made another call and got zero response. After a few minutes I swore I picked up a spit down below us. Another call revealed silence again. However I definitely heard a spit. With that I cut and was greeted with a booming gobble. In a matter of minutes the deafening sound of drumming was creeping closer, then feet in leaves. After another few minutes the woods below at 40 yards began to fill with turkeys, 20 or so hens and 5 strutters. When they crossed the 30 yard line I gave the kill em command and we rolled the two lead strutters. Massive birds body wise and each were probably 22 ish pounds and both had matching 1 1/8" spurs with 10 " beards.
