(in conjunction with the OPENER LOOKS GOOD THREAD as this is the same spot as that one mentions)
got out there this morning armed with a few cameras....unfortunately i cant pull the BETTER video from my other camcorder until i get a firewire cord...so I went ahead and uploaded the video from my flip camera. if you turn up the volume you can hear all the mayhem going one!!
it was one awesome morning for sure. They started hammering pretty early and for a while all i heard was 1 LB, then it was like a wave of gobbles going down the ridge. Once they started to fly down it was like it was raining turkeys they were coming out of every where in masses. A group of about 12-15 toms flew down first and hit the ground strutting. Hens and more LB's starting coming down all over the field. Once they were all on the ground the toms kept on fighting and flogging each other (especially the big group that got down first, which is think were the same big group of jakes i saw last year)..... everytime 1 would start fighting they would all come out of strut and run to the action.
Saw approx 20 different LB's a few jakes (once with a white fan) and 4 bearded hens. At one point a big group of the toms was about 12 yards away and all gobbled together which echo'd in the blind and my heart was racing. one of the best mornings i have ever had in the woods.
only issue was the cloud cover which didnt let me take a bunch of good pics due to such a low light condition. It was dark enough that the shutter speed on my camera was slow and i could not keep it steady enough to not make it blurry. Wish i had a tri pod with me for sure. And a group of hens was about 3ft from me and i was scared they would see me moving trying to get pics so for a period of time i was stuck in a still position
updated with the other video camera i had...the battery died but still got a few good mins. In this one you can see the fight that transpired between the big wad of 2 year olds...it went well beyond what i filmed and they ended up chasing that one out of the field...there were a few other fights after that between some other LB's and some hens...also notice the cool jake with the white tip fan
quick video of the morning...wish i could have zoomed more with the flip camera but it is what it is...turn up the volume for sure
got out there this morning armed with a few cameras....unfortunately i cant pull the BETTER video from my other camcorder until i get a firewire cord...so I went ahead and uploaded the video from my flip camera. if you turn up the volume you can hear all the mayhem going one!!
it was one awesome morning for sure. They started hammering pretty early and for a while all i heard was 1 LB, then it was like a wave of gobbles going down the ridge. Once they started to fly down it was like it was raining turkeys they were coming out of every where in masses. A group of about 12-15 toms flew down first and hit the ground strutting. Hens and more LB's starting coming down all over the field. Once they were all on the ground the toms kept on fighting and flogging each other (especially the big group that got down first, which is think were the same big group of jakes i saw last year)..... everytime 1 would start fighting they would all come out of strut and run to the action.
Saw approx 20 different LB's a few jakes (once with a white fan) and 4 bearded hens. At one point a big group of the toms was about 12 yards away and all gobbled together which echo'd in the blind and my heart was racing. one of the best mornings i have ever had in the woods.
only issue was the cloud cover which didnt let me take a bunch of good pics due to such a low light condition. It was dark enough that the shutter speed on my camera was slow and i could not keep it steady enough to not make it blurry. Wish i had a tri pod with me for sure. And a group of hens was about 3ft from me and i was scared they would see me moving trying to get pics so for a period of time i was stuck in a still position
updated with the other video camera i had...the battery died but still got a few good mins. In this one you can see the fight that transpired between the big wad of 2 year olds...it went well beyond what i filmed and they ended up chasing that one out of the field...there were a few other fights after that between some other LB's and some hens...also notice the cool jake with the white tip fan
quick video of the morning...wish i could have zoomed more with the flip camera but it is what it is...turn up the volume for sure
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Awesome!
