Scouting the last four mornings, our season opens here in Ohio the 20th. I decided to scout some public hunting area this morning.
My first stop at daylight was a wash, did hear a bird gobble a few times but he was deep. Rough area but I'll mark him down.
Second stop I cutt on my box call with a few yelps. Got a answer from a hen across the hollow on the ridge. I listened for a few and the hen kept calling back. Was about to leave when I seen her in the bottom headed my way.
I couldn't see and didn't hear any other birds so I stepped behind the truck. Boy was I surprised with what happened next.
Now I realize someone could have released a tame bird into the wild, but either way I was in a pretty remote area in a public forest.
She put up with my movement as long as it was slow and I was calling softly to her.
What happened next is what totally floored me. I've seen a hen strut on YouTube but never in person, here it is...
I thought I had it on video still but had switched to camera, either way it was unbelievable.
