WMAn
Well-Known Member
Southern Middle Tennessee
Juvenile Hunt...A Week Late and 100 Yards Short.
I took two boys from church. One hunted with me and the other with his dad. We both heard a lot of birds and saw a lot of birds, but unfortunately nothing in gun range. I took the boy who hunted with me to a spot that I had invested a lot of time into scouting. Had the hunt been a week earlier, he would have had an opportunity to smoke a strutting tom at 6:45 am. Thinking back on our hunt there was no obvious explanation as to why the turkeys never came within range. They just didn't. Highlight of the morning was watching two gobblers do everything in their power to keep four jakes away from their hens.
Scouting
I have been three times since the last time I posted a scouting report. Here are some interesting observations:
- Lone hens - I saw my first one last Thursday and every time I have scouted since. They are also starting to show up in odd places.
- Grasshoppers - Saw the first one last Friday. They are not numerous yet, but I look for the turkeys to turn to bugs in the next week or so.
- Injured Jake - I saw him this morning. I first wondered, "Why is that jake alone?" Then I saw him limping and knew he has to live alone. I'd hate to know what other jakes or a gobbler would do to him in such a vulnerable state. Made me wish I had a gun to put him down.
I may get out again Friday afternoon with my daughter to check some fields. I'll be hunting a different area Saturday from where I took the kid. I will also be getting ready (scouting, setting up a blind) on Saturday in preparation for a friend to come hunt on Monday. My friend has only killed one turkey, a jake, and I'm going to do my best to get him a gobbler.
Juvenile Hunt...A Week Late and 100 Yards Short.
I took two boys from church. One hunted with me and the other with his dad. We both heard a lot of birds and saw a lot of birds, but unfortunately nothing in gun range. I took the boy who hunted with me to a spot that I had invested a lot of time into scouting. Had the hunt been a week earlier, he would have had an opportunity to smoke a strutting tom at 6:45 am. Thinking back on our hunt there was no obvious explanation as to why the turkeys never came within range. They just didn't. Highlight of the morning was watching two gobblers do everything in their power to keep four jakes away from their hens.
Scouting
I have been three times since the last time I posted a scouting report. Here are some interesting observations:
- Lone hens - I saw my first one last Thursday and every time I have scouted since. They are also starting to show up in odd places.
- Grasshoppers - Saw the first one last Friday. They are not numerous yet, but I look for the turkeys to turn to bugs in the next week or so.
- Injured Jake - I saw him this morning. I first wondered, "Why is that jake alone?" Then I saw him limping and knew he has to live alone. I'd hate to know what other jakes or a gobbler would do to him in such a vulnerable state. Made me wish I had a gun to put him down.
I may get out again Friday afternoon with my daughter to check some fields. I'll be hunting a different area Saturday from where I took the kid. I will also be getting ready (scouting, setting up a blind) on Saturday in preparation for a friend to come hunt on Monday. My friend has only killed one turkey, a jake, and I'm going to do my best to get him a gobbler.
