I was out this morning to put out some mineral and went for a walk looking for sheds and turkey sign. This is the property I killed my first gobbler on last year and there were 3 more with him at that time.
I must have walked 4 miles without seeing or hearing anything. No tracks, No feathers, no nothing.(I did find a small forkhorn shed). This is in addition to the fact that all year we have seen no poults in the field or on camera. and we have had minimal sightings of any birds at all.
I was almost back to my truck, wondering where to hunt this year since it looked like the birds had gone somewhere else, When I heard what sounded strangely like a gobble. I stopped and sure enough there it was 2 more times. I moved up a hill a little in the direction I heard it and found a bush to stand next to for a little cover. He hammered three more times. it sounded like he was moving away from me and I never actually saw him, but the game is on....
...Theres a thunderchicken in them woods.
I must have walked 4 miles without seeing or hearing anything. No tracks, No feathers, no nothing.(I did find a small forkhorn shed). This is in addition to the fact that all year we have seen no poults in the field or on camera. and we have had minimal sightings of any birds at all.
I was almost back to my truck, wondering where to hunt this year since it looked like the birds had gone somewhere else, When I heard what sounded strangely like a gobble. I stopped and sure enough there it was 2 more times. I moved up a hill a little in the direction I heard it and found a bush to stand next to for a little cover. He hammered three more times. it sounded like he was moving away from me and I never actually saw him, but the game is on....
...Theres a thunderchicken in them woods.