Saturday night through Sunday afternoon was the polar opposite. Called in a group of hens and then a longbeard - shot through some junk that I should been to get through so don't know if I just cleaned missed or the junk interfered - it was hole through some cedar
Called in a boss gobbler in the morning session to 12 yards who caught me with my gun down. By the time I eased it up he sensed something was wrong and just faded out of my view and worked his way up the hill.
Called in another group around 10:30 - gobbling st my every call - when the bird appeared I shot and promptly found a Jake flopping
Driving around ranch I heard a gobble from my truck, bailed out and had 4 long beards come in - hadn't racked a shell in my semi auto and heard a click when I pulled the trigger, then choked trying to rack a shell while the birds were running off. Could have killed 3 longbeards in less than 20 hours and ended up with Jake. Incredible hunting but pulled every rookie mistake in the book. Going back to my simple 870 express until I get proficient through practice with the semi auto.
Weather conditions were all most identical on Sunday - birds deathly silent on Sat and gobbling at anything I threw at them on Sunday. One of mystery's of Turkey hunting.
Called in a boss gobbler in the morning session to 12 yards who caught me with my gun down. By the time I eased it up he sensed something was wrong and just faded out of my view and worked his way up the hill.
Called in another group around 10:30 - gobbling st my every call - when the bird appeared I shot and promptly found a Jake flopping
Driving around ranch I heard a gobble from my truck, bailed out and had 4 long beards come in - hadn't racked a shell in my semi auto and heard a click when I pulled the trigger, then choked trying to rack a shell while the birds were running off. Could have killed 3 longbeards in less than 20 hours and ended up with Jake. Incredible hunting but pulled every rookie mistake in the book. Going back to my simple 870 express until I get proficient through practice with the semi auto.
Weather conditions were all most identical on Sunday - birds deathly silent on Sat and gobbling at anything I threw at them on Sunday. One of mystery's of Turkey hunting.