Mountain Boomer
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Come on RiverRat fess up.... 
Well I am back from the first two days of Turkey season. Lets just say Murphy followed RR and me around every day.
We roosted a bird Sunday evening for the Monday opener. We slipped into the woods monday mourning just about where we thought the bird was roosted. The woods were dry so it sounded like we were walking on cornflakes. I hit an owl hooter at day break and he gobbled right on top of us. We had walked within 60 yards of the bird. We grabbed a seat and waited until good day. He gobbled four or five times on the roost. I gave a soft tree yelp and he answered me. When he came off the roost he flew of the hill below us never to be heard again. I guess he knew something wasn't right from all the noise we had made going in. We grabbed the deks and headed down the ridge to find another bird. It didn't take long and we had a bird gobbling across the canyon on the next ridge. We took of after him. We got over there and put out the deks and sat down to call. In about 15 minutes I heard him coming through the leaves. He was coming in from above us. I made a call and turned him down the hill. Finally I could see him. He went behind some trees and I raised my gun. All of a sudden a turkey that had slipped in on us spooked when I raised my gun and flew of spooking the other bird. That evening we roosted some more birds for the following mourning.
Now this is where RR is going to lie.... Don't beleave anything he says...
The next mourning I droped RR off to go after his bird and I went after a DIFFERENT bird. So I thought...
We managed to get set up on the same bird at daylight. To make a long story short I called him in and lets just say I am short two shells and no bird... I thought he was about 30 steps and it turned out to be 45.
Later that evening we managed to call in another bird. I will let RiverRat tell that one... Be sure to ask him about his shotgun...
Well I am back from the first two days of Turkey season. Lets just say Murphy followed RR and me around every day.
We roosted a bird Sunday evening for the Monday opener. We slipped into the woods monday mourning just about where we thought the bird was roosted. The woods were dry so it sounded like we were walking on cornflakes. I hit an owl hooter at day break and he gobbled right on top of us. We had walked within 60 yards of the bird. We grabbed a seat and waited until good day. He gobbled four or five times on the roost. I gave a soft tree yelp and he answered me. When he came off the roost he flew of the hill below us never to be heard again. I guess he knew something wasn't right from all the noise we had made going in. We grabbed the deks and headed down the ridge to find another bird. It didn't take long and we had a bird gobbling across the canyon on the next ridge. We took of after him. We got over there and put out the deks and sat down to call. In about 15 minutes I heard him coming through the leaves. He was coming in from above us. I made a call and turned him down the hill. Finally I could see him. He went behind some trees and I raised my gun. All of a sudden a turkey that had slipped in on us spooked when I raised my gun and flew of spooking the other bird.
That evening we roosted some more birds for the following mourning.Now this is where RR is going to lie....
Don't beleave anything he says... The next mourning I droped RR off to go after his bird and I went after a DIFFERENT bird. So I thought...
I thought he was about 30 steps and it turned out to be 45. Later that evening we managed to call in another bird. I will let RiverRat tell that one...
Be sure to ask him about his shotgun... 
