T Bone
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May 12 I went for one last turkey chase. Went down on the prairie where I got the little hen a couple weeks ago. The hope was that more birds had moved up out of the agriculture into the area I had access to.
Right at sunrise I heard a couple gobbles and moved into position. Worked a a flock of birds with 4 toms in it at 200 yards but they were henned up, wouldn't budge. I was wishing I'd of brought the rifle instead of the shotgun. I quit calling as the birds slowly fed away. When they were out of sight I circled and got into a spot where I hoped they'd cross.
Sure enough they came over the hill and when the 1st mature tom came by at 40 yards I popped him with a load of 4's. He was in rough shape. Lots of missing feathers and a smallish bird all around.
I have my archery tag unfilled, but I believe I'm done. I missed one gravy shot with my bow. Had a bird at 15 yards and I decided to head shoot him and whiffed the broadhead by his head. The best part of the turkey hunt is scouting for deer. Found a couple promising areas and a set of very promising whitetail sheds.
Peace turkeys, until next year.
. Sounds like the place I was going to hunt had some tresspassers and a dead turkey last week. Hopefully things have quieted down and there will be a receptive gobbler or two.
