Big Fat Gobbler

 The day started off to be one of those windy mornings that drives you crazy as a turkey hunter. It’s so hard to hear birds and for the birds to hear you when it’s so windy. But I gave it a try anyway. A bunch of us guys were staying at a bunkhouse on the lake and making a weekend out of chasing birds. Drake, my 10 year old, was done but was following along with me just to watch. He really loves to turkey hunt and is getting better on his calling by the day. After not hearing anything early I decided to go to where I had roosted one the night before. Well, we heard him but after a few gobbles and hearing a hen in is direction he went quite. I waited for a while but he didn’t show. So it was about 11:00 and we hadn’t heard any more birds when finally we got one located. When we heard this one he was gobbling on his own. We formulated a plan and in less than 15 minutes Drake and I were set up and the big boy was on his way in. This one came in just like their supposed to. It was an awesome site to see this big gobbler strutting and gobbling in the Indiana hardwoods. When he was around 30 yards and wide open I squeezed the trigger and the 2 ounce load of #4s leveled him. Drake and I were fired up! Another great hunt. This one wasn’t on video because it started raining as we were leaving the truck to go after him. But that’s ok, we have plenty on video this year. Some of them with some really great footage. The rest of the guys have really stepped it up this year and our video should be the best one yet. Thanks to God for another great day in the spring turkey woods.