bamaranger
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Overslept Weds morning and got to the woods late. Found a truck on the state road where I'd seen and worked two gobblers the day before....darn.
I hate to pressure another hunter, so I went somewhere else for an hour.
Notta. So I loaded up the rusty Bronco again and moved a third time. In this instance, a gravel road that intersects a powerline on a ridge top. I'd seen a gobbler there strutting before season, and heard two others. (one of which I likely killed on the day I missed, from my other post) So....maybe there's still one (or two) left, I think.
I parked kinda short and walked down to the road/ROW crossing. Imagine this....:
an area about the size of a highschool basket ball court, level, sandy and pea gravel. Give a preschooler a garden rake, and let them walk around for about 30 minutes, dragging the rake, teeth down.
The absolute mother of all strut sign. Strut marks EVERWHERE. I have NEVER seen anything like it.
Fresh too! Maybe from that AM. Heck, I may have run the bird(s?) off driving in, I wasn't real careful 'bout where I parked. Geez did one bird do all this? Or two? Or one over the course of several AM's?
Next part was easy, I'll finish my AM here! I dog trotted back to the ol'Bronc, got my blind, stool and dekes, went back and set up in range of that mess. For two hours +. Calling sparingly. Felt pretty silly setting next to that road. As its within the WMA, its a legal hunt.
A truck went through about 30 mins before quitting time, so I called it a day. Took a brush top and beat strut marks out for 15 minutes, then ran the 4WD over it for good measure 3-4 times.
I may start there tomorrow. I've named this bird..."the Roadrunner"!!!
Meep.....Meep.....Bang (I hope)
I hate to pressure another hunter, so I went somewhere else for an hour.
Notta. So I loaded up the rusty Bronco again and moved a third time. In this instance, a gravel road that intersects a powerline on a ridge top. I'd seen a gobbler there strutting before season, and heard two others. (one of which I likely killed on the day I missed, from my other post) So....maybe there's still one (or two) left, I think.
I parked kinda short and walked down to the road/ROW crossing. Imagine this....:
an area about the size of a highschool basket ball court, level, sandy and pea gravel. Give a preschooler a garden rake, and let them walk around for about 30 minutes, dragging the rake, teeth down.
The absolute mother of all strut sign. Strut marks EVERWHERE. I have NEVER seen anything like it.
Fresh too! Maybe from that AM. Heck, I may have run the bird(s?) off driving in, I wasn't real careful 'bout where I parked. Geez did one bird do all this? Or two? Or one over the course of several AM's?
Next part was easy, I'll finish my AM here! I dog trotted back to the ol'Bronc, got my blind, stool and dekes, went back and set up in range of that mess. For two hours +. Calling sparingly. Felt pretty silly setting next to that road. As its within the WMA, its a legal hunt.
A truck went through about 30 mins before quitting time, so I called it a day. Took a brush top and beat strut marks out for 15 minutes, then ran the 4WD over it for good measure 3-4 times.
I may start there tomorrow. I've named this bird..."the Roadrunner"!!!
Meep.....Meep.....Bang (I hope)
