Its been a bummer season here for me. The weather has been terrible for the most part, one day we had wind gusts to 50mph. On my second day i jumped a bird that was hiding in a bush i guess, it took off running and i just knew it was black enough to be a male so i leveled it. Turns out i stooped to shooting my first Jake . A real small one at that. Oh well, i guess with the weather it will do. here he is.... all 14 lbs of him
This weekend i went up to do a little more hunting and didnt hear much at all. I decided to rest for a while so i took off my fanny pack, dropped down against a oak tree and HOLY SHIT a bird jumps up from directly on the other side of the tree. I mean it was 12" from the tree!! It starts flopping around acting like it is hurt, grunting and groaning. I knew right away what was up. i looked on the other side of the tree and sure enough, heres a nest with 12 eggs in it!
I left her alone to go back to sitting. That night i got pretty wasted at an outdoor concert at a local hick bar and got up at 5AM the next morning,went outside to piss and listen for gobbles, nothing. I went back to bed and slept in. Later i went back to show Cletus the nest and it was gone! then i saw a shell, and another, and another.
I removed the leaves where the nest was and there were 4 eggs left only. DAMN COONS, i hate those things. I wonder if the hen covered it up or the coon did. Heres a picture of a pretty rough looking Schmalts holding a few eggs.
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 05-18-2003 18:45: Message edited by: schmalts ]</font>
This weekend i went up to do a little more hunting and didnt hear much at all. I decided to rest for a while so i took off my fanny pack, dropped down against a oak tree and HOLY SHIT a bird jumps up from directly on the other side of the tree. I mean it was 12" from the tree!! It starts flopping around acting like it is hurt, grunting and groaning. I knew right away what was up. i looked on the other side of the tree and sure enough, heres a nest with 12 eggs in it!
I left her alone to go back to sitting. That night i got pretty wasted at an outdoor concert at a local hick bar and got up at 5AM the next morning,went outside to piss and listen for gobbles, nothing. I went back to bed and slept in. Later i went back to show Cletus the nest and it was gone! then i saw a shell, and another, and another.
I removed the leaves where the nest was and there were 4 eggs left only. DAMN COONS, i hate those things. I wonder if the hen covered it up or the coon did. Heres a picture of a pretty rough looking Schmalts holding a few eggs.
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 05-18-2003 18:45: Message edited by: schmalts ]</font>
