Austin's turn!

Austin and I have been hunting hard. After his miss on opening day of the youth hunt, I was determined to help my youngest boy get a bird. In just a few days of hunting, we logged many hours in the field. I went with Dave on Sunday morning, (April 29th), and filmed him shooting his bird. By 9:30, I was back home waking Austin up to go hunting. We went to a picked corn field on a farm we've hunted for years. We saw some birds in the field and tried to setup on them, but it wasn't happening. After sitting a while, a big tom stepped out of the woods at 100 yards, took one look at the decoys, and fed the other way! I thought to myself, I must have some really ugly decoys! The bird was not interested in the least. After the tom fed over a hill, we decided to try to stalk him. We got within 70 yards, and he finally spooked. This hunt was over.

We then decided to go to Daves Uncle TJ's and hunt. Nobody has hunted there this year. After running off a beagle that was running a rabbit, I decided to setup in a little island of woods in the middle of a hay field. We had the blind tucked under a cedar tree and we were completely hidden. We sat, and sat, and sat. From about 12:00 to 4:30 there was no action. We finally heard one gobble way off in the distance. I called as loud as I could. After a few minutes he gobbled again, and he was definitely closer. I called again, and nothing. We waited for a while again, and suddenly 80 yards from the blind, he gobbled and literally scared the crap out of us! Austin got ready, the camera was rolling, and here he came. To our surprise, there were 2 of them, both longbeards. Austin took aim, and I gave a little cluck to get them to seperate, and BOOM, the big boy went down. The shot was 15 yards and they never knew we were there. The video footage is awesome! Austin more than made up for his miss. The bird was 21 lbs, had a 10-1/2" beard, and 25 mm spurs. 2 birds shot on film in one day, how awesome is that! I'm going for the cameraman of the year award! Ha ha

 I can't thank God enough for allowing me to spend time chasing these turkeys with my boys, and my friends. Austin and I had a great time hunting together like we always do. These memories will last a lifetime. God is Awesome!

I would also like to thank Daves Uncle TJ for allowing us to hunt his beautiful piece of property. We love them landowners!!! I guess I better thank Dave too for calling his uncle and getting us permission to hunt there. (Austin and I really do appreciate the fact that we were allowed to hunt here). Dave said he had seen turkeys here many times before, and he was right!

It's been a great season, and it's only the first weekend! I'm running out of people to take!

Good luck to all!