May 25, 2008

Well the morning started off the same as always....up at 3:00 a.m. - leave by 3:30 a.m. - stop by Tim Horton's (Tilbury) by 4:00 a.m. - Get to the field by 5:00 a.m.  This morning it is just the hubby and myself.  We went across the field where the turkeys have been coming into the field...we need to get one today so the hubby said we are going to set up there (this is my last chance for the season for us)...We crossed the field.  The dam moon was almost full so it was bright you can see right across the field with no flashlight.  Get set up and wait....GOBBLING was directly behind us...(hope at last)....now we just have to wait until they fly down from their roost....7:00 a.m. all the turkeys are off their roost and on the move we can hear them all over the place...all of a sudden the hubby counts seven over where we usually hunt (in the corner, where the hubby, the youngest, and the oldest got their turkeys and where I missed my 3) they were running back and forth p approx. 8:00 a.m. a hen comes walking out about 50 yards from us and starts to walk.  The 6 jakes and the tom see her and start to walk towards her - they come half way, almost in range but not close enough for a clean shot.  They turn around and run back, "CRAP RAY, THEY SEE US."  "No, they don't," Ray says, just be paitent, "I'm not a patient person Ray," I'm getting pissed off at those dam turkeys.  The turkeys keep running back and forth right in front of where I was yesterday, it seemed to me they were teasing me.

 

I was watching the left (where all those turkeys ran to) and Ray was watching the right....Ray says, "There's a tom right behind you --- DON'T MOVE --- HOLY COW, HE'S HUGH" .... I'm not moving Ray....I'll keep watching those dam turkey's tease the crap out of me over there (CRAP)...Ray says "HOLY CRAP THERE'S TWO MORE HUGH TOMS...good got that's 3 hugh toms....THEY ARE ALL IN FULL STRUT."

 

Holy crap Ray one of those tom's over there is in full strut too..Holy cow here they come....there running---holy crap they ran right passed Ray and I and didn't even see us...They were running so fast I couldn't even shoot....Ray said they were out of range anyway..CRAP, I'M NOT GOING TO GET ONE AM I...holy cow Pam, be patient....

 

The turkeys I was watching ran right over to the 3 Ray was watching and were haveing somewhat of a boxing match....hehehehe...(you got to love that male dominance hehehehe)...After their so called boxing match they walked over to the other field where the middle child ususally hunts....and stayed there for a while...WOW what excitement Ray...i was so excited, popped my safety so many times I can't count....hehehehe (probably 3x's).

 

Those dam turkey's are all over there and I kept asking Ray, "Do you want to go over there and try to sneak up on them,"  "We won't be able to, they will see us before we even get into the field, just wait, let's see what they will do."

 

About 9:10 a.m. Ray say, "See they are coming back here, where, I don't see them, over there along the hedge-row, oooo there's the 6 jakes I was watching (I'm guessing), yeah that's them..    Get your gun up maybe they will run across the field.  OK...  Holy cow here they come, what do I do.   One, Two, Three stop just to my left, my shooting side, CRAP, I have my gun pointed a different way, "Ray says, "move your gun to your left, SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWWLLLLYYYY" "OK # four runs by, CRAP my gun is not quite right, five and six stop right in front of the tree blocking me. i have to move a little more.   Ray says "shoot if you can, "BANG, HOLY CRAP, I TURN TO RAY......I GOT HIM....YEAH....I GOT HIM

 

Ray went and got the turkey out of the field and waited, I was shaking so much I couldn't finish unloading my gun.  Ray was laughing and he finished unloading it for me....WHAT A MAN.......