Thought I'd share a funny hunt from yesterday, I had busted some hens off the roost walking in yesterday morning so I kept that in the back of my mind that an assembly call might be in order later on in the day. Well, at about 3 pm yesterday afternoon I sit down at an old dirt road intersection as there were dust bowls and wing marks from strutting in the dry dirt (this was about 100 yards from where I had bumped the hens that morning).
So I'm sitting there, got settled in for a relaxing afternoon sit, and pulled out the ole Crystal Mistress and let her naw. It was windy so I really screamed that thing to pierce the wind. I then promptly fall asleep :TooFunny: (I had a big lunch at the local dive). So I'm out for who knows how long, I'm guessing twenty, maybe thirty minutes. I remember trying to wake myself up but wasn't sure why, but when I finally was able to force my eyes open I had one gobble about 60 yards down the road out of sight. I then hear a hen and another gobbler behind the first one. Here I am laid back, gun on the ground, drooling from my deep woods siesta and all I could think was "Sh*t, how long have they been there!!??"
I quickly gained my composure and got the gun up and ready. I gave em some sweet talk from my Daryl Slaton trumpet and saw the first Tom close the distance with the hen and other Tom in tow. I kept them coming with more sweet talk and within a few minutes they were all twenty yards away. Both gobblers strutting, gobbling, spittin', drummin', they put on one hell of a show. I sat back and watched the show for a good ten minutes before I couldn't stand it anymore, so I dropped the first Tom in his tracks. I couldn't help but laugh at myself when it was over at the way things happen sometimes. Been doing this a long time and the feeling was just as good as the first time, I hope I never lose that feeling! Moral of the story, deep woods naps are like no other, but there just might be a big ole boy gobbling his head off at you to wake up! Thanks for reading...
Blake
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Now that's the kind of nap I like to take! Congrats!
:TooFunny: Great story! Comgrats!
Nothing like a gobbler alarm clock...great story and bird...
Great story and bird!
I really like the looks of that trumpet too
Quote from: Terry on May 07, 2016, 10:48:36 AM
Great story and bird!
I really like the looks of that trumpet too
Daryl makes a fine trumpet, this is one of my favorites...
Talk about passing the time!!
Very nice!! LOL
Quote from: Smooth_Operator on May 07, 2016, 11:11:18 AM
Quote from: Terry on May 07, 2016, 10:48:36 AM
Great story and bird!
I really like the looks of that trumpet too
Daryl makes a fine trumpet, this is one of my favorites...
What kind of wood is that?
Nice bird
Quote from: Terry on May 07, 2016, 01:53:24 PM
Quote from: Smooth_Operator on May 07, 2016, 11:11:18 AM
Quote from: Terry on May 07, 2016, 10:48:36 AM
Great story and bird!
I really like the looks of that trumpet too
Daryl makes a fine trumpet, this is one of my favorites...
What kind of wood is that?
It's Thailand Rosewood...
Good plan - Congrats!
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Good story - congrats.
That's awesome ! Should sleep more often.......
Winning! Nothing like a woods nap...and a Tom to boot! :blob10:
Hah! That's pretty funny. Similar thing happened to a buddy of mine. He was sitting in a blind, hadn't heard a thing all day so he took a bit of a nap. He woke up to a noise in front of him and there were two toms pecking away at his decoy...weird.
Cool story. I always figure I have a better chance nappin in the woods than on my couch and you confirmed it. Glad he did not get too close before he gobbled!
Nice. Congrats on the tom...
Great story and great bird!
Great story. Thanks for sharing and congratulations.
congrats on a great hunt
Congrats. Sound like an incredible hunt!
Great story! Gotta love that afternoon Siesta :icon_thumright:
Goes to show you why you should stay in one place and have patience, as well as a good nap!!! LOL :happy0064: