Started out this AM with a hoot and this bird hammers 125 yards in a pond to my right and 2 other birds 400 yards from him to my left, I head to the closer bird and get set up within 100 yards of him, he gobbled 25-30 times on the limb and I hear his hens start up...I immediately throw out some tree yelps and he cuts me off, I know the hens are closer to him so they will cut me off from the game no doubt....Meanwhile the 2 birds roosted together are hammering making their way to me so I spin on the tree in case the get there first. They get within 80 yards and lockup, I hear hens pitch down then the gobbler behind me and I sit to see what is about to unfold, sure enough the hens leave the hardwoods and head straight to the 2 strutters in front of me, I send out a few yelps off my Billy Buice trumpet and sure enough the lone longbeard is still behind me all alone so I spin once again back to him.......It takes all of 5 minutes of some more subtle trumpet work for him to strut to 30 yards in the hardwoods to me. Looking at him through that red dot was something cool too. I dropped the hammer and walked out happy
Well Fellas I have always been the one to down talk red dot sights and the likes on turkey hunting rigs, always saying I mean really do you need that to kill a turkey? No you do not, but it dang sure is the cats butt for me, I really never understood the fascination with them until I put one on my rig earlier this week. They might not be for everyone but they dang sure have their place on my rig.
17lbs 1 1/8th needle hooks and 10 incher
