Double Trouble Turkeys
While preparing for the following mornings turkey hunt, the decision was made to hit the old honey hole one more time. We had taken many turkeys over the years at this farm and so it had become one of our favorites. We would only hunt the farm when our other spots did not pan out, that way we wouldn’t over harvest.
As the morning hunt began, we headed down to one of the smaller grassy fields near the edges of a hardwoods grove. We put out our decoys and waited for daylight. As the sun rose and the sounds of nature began, we were greeted with several good morning gobbles.
We responded with a few yelps just to let them know we were there. A few minutes later, we heard several more gobbles about two hundred yards out into the hardwoods. We stepped up the excitement level of the mouth call and the gobbles kept a coming. There were two toms responding.
They were both off to our right. As the gobbles continued, the two toms were moving in closer to one another. They came together about one hundred yards out. Now they were really making some noise.
The two turkeys entered the edge of the field together, looked our way, and started running towards the decoys. About half way in they stopped, blowed up and began their final approach.
Now I tell you, this was an awesome sight. One that as a turkey hunter, you never get tired of seeing. Gobble, gobble, strut, strut, all the way to the decoys.
Now we had set out two hens and a jake. The two gobblers ran over to the jake decoy, lowered their feathers, and began to put the smack down on the jake decoy. They jumped on top of the decoy, kicked it over, and stood on top of it.
Now this would have been one of those cool video moments if we would have had a video recorder. But it was neat to watch anyway. The decoy was cut in several places with scar marks.
After all the excitement, we were able to harvest both gobblers. Both eighteen pounds, one 10 inch and one 10.5 inch beards. one inch spurs.
