Here are a few Pics of the WMA I have been Hunting, Started in the Swamp, not enough knowledge of the land to be succsesfull, exspecially, opening weekend, with 200 hunters.
Moved to another on Sunday, scouted till tuesday night, opening Day, Yesterday, you can only hunt 2 days a week in there, 75 permits.
Birds are NOT gobblin here on this Magement area YET, and no Tree talk, nor, any once on the ground.
Silence, and Very Skittish Birds.
Had several Jakes and Hens come to the Light, very light, calling wednesday, had a bird gobble at 9:30, 200 yrds off, and had a fella off to the right of me about 300 yrds. Bird gobbled to my call, fist call of the morning other than a little Tree talk in the morning, never called again till 9:30, and he answered. That Ole fella went to the bird on his second gobble from my call, about 15 minutes later from the first, he was closer, and that other fella let out a series of Yelps, like cutting, loud as heck, right on top of where I heard the Bird,
, When he first gobbled, the fella moved on him, in broad daylight, spooked em, never heard em again. Day went on with a few solitary Hens buggin along, no Gobblers followed.
Today, was a bit different. Earlier yesterday, I walked up onto a rise, and way off, about 600 yrds, I saw a Bird slither across the road, low, and into a pine thicket, then another,and another.
They are roosting on the river bottoms, along the river, moving off to the Pines and Palmetto flats in the morning, and working back to the river bottoms at night. Her are a few Pics of the area I am hunting, river bottom, and slap yer mouth beautiful place to be.
That last lil feller, was my hunting pardner yesterday.
This morning, I tree Pitted a bit, soft calls, very little, just enough to let someone know I was there, if he was close in the area, never called again until 9 a.m. This fella came in silent from the river bottom from a few Yelps on the Trumpet, within ten minutes, he was just standing there, looking for her.
18lbs. 6 oz.
8 3/4 -9"" beard, a few of the whiskers went to 9"
1 1/2, n a 1 5/8 inch Spurs, and a sneaky lil feller. Yet, not sneaky enough.
Love to hunt the river bottoms, the birds are feeeding on little White flowers, the size of a penny, and purple Irisus, then Ctapillars and Grasshoppers in the Pine flats, craw was full of all 4.
Beautiful place to wake up and watch the sunrise.
