My wife likes hunting, but doesn't like getting up at 4 am, so needless to say we were running late. It was a very overcast morning, so that helped prolong dawn. I spent a few minutes getting her set up standing behind a tree in a nice depression. Put out the decoy & waited to hear a bird gobble. Finally, one faint gobble from where one of the birds was on Monday, then silence. After about 10 minutes of sprinkling, the sky opened up. Luckily, it only lasted about 5 minutes, just enough to get us good & wet. The birds were not gobbling well, but I knew this was their strut zone, so we set tight. Another 10 or 15 minutes later & I start hearing some hens 50 yds behind us. Real soft clucking. All of a sudden, one gobble that sounded like it came from the next tree, bout crapped my pants it scared me so bad. Wasn't expecting that. But that was the only sound we heard from that bird all morning. I started answering the hens & developed a pretty good conversation. My setup was 20 yds behind my wife, so I couldn't see the field edge. I continued my conversation with the hen. There's one hen by my decoy that I don't even know about till she flies, & one hen 20 yds from me that I can't see for the underbrush. I see Jenny starting to move very slow. (she later tells me she was terrified she was going to be seen like she was last week, but that's another story) At first I thought she was just adjusting from discomfort, but as I watched, she was actually bringing her gun into position. Not being able to see, I'm scared to call too much for fear of causing the bird to hang on her. After craning my neck, I can finally see a white head standing still. My wife is ready but he's just behind some brush. One small cluck, one step forward by the bird & boom. Bird down. She done everything perfect. This was her first turkey ever. First year she's ever expressed an interest. As far as I'm concerned, my season is complete. I set out this year to get her a turkey & she was successful.
21#, 3/4" spurs & an 11 1/4" beard. Real nice 2 year old bird.
