Hunted both yesterday and again this morning...never heard a gobble either morning...and never saw a tom in the couple of strutting areas I often seen them in...might as well have been using a squirrel call for all the good it did.
Saw birds in between the rain periods, but it was one here in a small green fied, then a couple there running across the road, then a big one I flushed ahead of me while walking quietly through the woods after some rain, then a couple foraging in a green field...frustrating to know there's a good flock (or two) on the property I hunt and still haven't pulled it together...still haven't made smoke, a little wiser & still learning, two Saturdays left...
On a more positive note, yesterday morning on one setup, I watched a hawk come after a gray squirrel 3 times in a half hour and the squirrel escaped each time...this morning I had a female ruby throated hummingbird appear inches in front of my face mask looking me over...darting a few inches left, a few inches right, up, down, trying to figure out what in the world this big blob was sitting there in HER woods...amazing scenarios in nature to watch first hand
Saw birds in between the rain periods, but it was one here in a small green fied, then a couple there running across the road, then a big one I flushed ahead of me while walking quietly through the woods after some rain, then a couple foraging in a green field...frustrating to know there's a good flock (or two) on the property I hunt and still haven't pulled it together...still haven't made smoke, a little wiser & still learning, two Saturdays left...
On a more positive note, yesterday morning on one setup, I watched a hawk come after a gray squirrel 3 times in a half hour and the squirrel escaped each time...this morning I had a female ruby throated hummingbird appear inches in front of my face mask looking me over...darting a few inches left, a few inches right, up, down, trying to figure out what in the world this big blob was sitting there in HER woods...amazing scenarios in nature to watch first hand
