bamaranger
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As my AL spring gobbler accounts seem well received, here's my trip to PA
My longtime pal and best man Jim began to inquire as to whether or not we might hunt together in PA this spring. As neither one of us is getting any younger, I agreed to same. I reasoned also that I could swing a visit to may very elderly mom on Mothers Day, and so plans were laid. We would hunt the mountain ridges in PA on public land for 3 days and then I would slip off to see my mom, Jim would call it quits and return home........
and plans changed.....3X.........the last change made on the day I arrived at Jims. Recent surgery had left him a bit wonky...."could we hunt out on my brothers place?" Jim asked soon after walked thru the door, "I'm still seeing a home care nurse twice a week. My brother has got birds out on his place, just 30 minutes away." Well sure, why not, this trip was more about us hanging out than collecting feathers anyhow, so local hunts it would be.
11May-day # 1
We drove the back roads of Adams county to his brothers place and arrived in good time, to make the VERY short walk to the hunt location. As it grew light I was appalled, we were basically in a rabbit thicket. No way a gobbler was gonna come to call in here. I advised Jim of my opinion, and he led the way to a winter wheat field nearby. Better.......we stuck out 3 decoys and settled into a large blind already set nearby. As promised, 3 different birds sounded off at dawn, all about a 1/4 mi away on private property adjacent that was posted. We spent the morning staring at the dekes, calling sporadically, and going over old times. By law in PA at that point in the season, you're done at noon. We ate lunch at a grand old Inn just across the line in MD, and returned to his place for a nap.
My longtime pal and best man Jim began to inquire as to whether or not we might hunt together in PA this spring. As neither one of us is getting any younger, I agreed to same. I reasoned also that I could swing a visit to may very elderly mom on Mothers Day, and so plans were laid. We would hunt the mountain ridges in PA on public land for 3 days and then I would slip off to see my mom, Jim would call it quits and return home........
and plans changed.....3X.........the last change made on the day I arrived at Jims. Recent surgery had left him a bit wonky...."could we hunt out on my brothers place?" Jim asked soon after walked thru the door, "I'm still seeing a home care nurse twice a week. My brother has got birds out on his place, just 30 minutes away." Well sure, why not, this trip was more about us hanging out than collecting feathers anyhow, so local hunts it would be.
11May-day # 1
We drove the back roads of Adams county to his brothers place and arrived in good time, to make the VERY short walk to the hunt location. As it grew light I was appalled, we were basically in a rabbit thicket. No way a gobbler was gonna come to call in here. I advised Jim of my opinion, and he led the way to a winter wheat field nearby. Better.......we stuck out 3 decoys and settled into a large blind already set nearby. As promised, 3 different birds sounded off at dawn, all about a 1/4 mi away on private property adjacent that was posted. We spent the morning staring at the dekes, calling sporadically, and going over old times. By law in PA at that point in the season, you're done at noon. We ate lunch at a grand old Inn just across the line in MD, and returned to his place for a nap.