Good lesson learned

[srmturk]

I know it's been said on here incessantly. I've learned so much from here regarding this but I just need to say this for anyone who doubts.  Patience.  Be careful about quiet ones.  Ever read it on here?  Long story short. Beating my head against the wall of gobblers not coming in for a week.  Saturday spent three unproductive hours chasing.  Finally discouraged and tired I plopped myself down and was hundreds of yards away from the last gobble.  Thought nearest gobbler a mile away.   Belted out some yelps and cuts from mouth call briefly almost out of anger and frustration...haha...and took it out of my mouth and pulled out my phone to read up on the best gobble calls out there.  Know I shouldn't have but I did. Just discouraged. Felt like nearest bird a mile away.  20 minutes after the call...out of the blue about 100 yards out is my best guess and out of sight...BOOM....gobble that almost made me drop my phone.  Which I did.  Pulled gun up...scratched leaves...two minutes later....he was mine. For probably the 1000th time on here...and I'm the worst offender....patience and be ready for the quiet one and never give up.  Thanks to all of you who keep preaching the religion  I'll never be on my phone again.  What a morning

[ncturkey]

We need a picture of your lesson learned gobbler.

[DirtNap647]

congrats patience is key

[tomstopper]

Congrats..... Patience is not easy sometimes but it does work.......

[srmturk]

Exactly. That's all I'm saying. 

[njdevilsb]

Congrats.  You never know when patience will pay off.

I've been turkey hunting since I was 12, 15 years, and I made a "rookie" mistake yesterday morning because I got impatient.  Made a move on 3 hot gobblers that would not cross the hedgerow from one field to the one we were in and bumped them.  They weren't around last night when we scouted so we took this morning off since it was nasty weather again.  Hopefully they are back by this weekend.  I'm still kicking myself.  Birds wandering off is much better than spooked birds.

[srmturk]

So funny.  When I was a kid walking behind my father while he was hunting deer and then later when I hunted alone as a young man near him I used to think....gosh....if I can learn from all of HIS mistakes and then mine....I'll be an unbelievable deer hunter at such an early age! I remember when I uttered that to him and he so nicely chuckled and said...oh Steve you'll never stop making mistakes hunting.  Haha.  My word that man was right. 
I did the same thing Saturday before this bird....bumped one by getting too close and I just kicked and kicked myself.  I was walking after and thought...I'll never stop making mistakes.....what's your problem man???  When will you learn?   But I keep drilling each one in my head to learn from.  Gotta make you better eventually     Thanks njdevilsb.  I always learn from mistakes and appreciate you sharing that one. I'm humbled by my own every time out. 

[surehuntsalot]

Made a big time rookie mistake myself this past season and moved on a bird that I should have waited on just a little longer.
Patience is the key  99% of the time