Well, no turkey this morning, although there were plenty of them around. I pulled in the driveway in front of the house i had gotten permission to hunt at this morning and there were 13 turkeys there in the yard, 3 of which were nice sized Toms. They stood there as i got out of the van. I didn't want to shoot one in the guys front yard though, especially when i didn't know if he was out of bed yet. About then he came out the door and saw them and asked if there were any Toms in the bunch. I said there were 3. He said to try to sneak back around his workshop and see if i could get a shot at them if they came by that way. Needless to say, they had already seen me, and headed off away from me. Not knowing any better i tried to stalk them. Turkeys don't stalk well. :: I got within about 30 yds of them, but they were bunched up and i didn't want to take a chance on hitting a hen. By the time a Tom seperated from the hens, they were out about 40 yds. and i didn't feel confident i could make a clean kill at that range. After that i set up under a big Oak tree and called with one of my homemade bamboo calls. I had a gobbler down in a draw gobbling back at me, but he wouldn't come in. So back out tomorrow, this time earlier, so i get there and get set up before daylight, unless it is raining. Ohh well, i got my adrenalin going anyway, even if i didn't get a shot.
