I guess...

Clif Owen · April 01, 2023, 05:35:47 PM

I was "that guy" this morning. I got up to go. Thought I would go early so I could be sure I was the first person there. Wrong answer. A guy was parking in my spot when I got there. So, I drove a little farther and parked. Right at daylight, I heard one gobble. I could hear him good but knew I was a long way off. So, I took off through the woods. Then I realized there was water in front of me. I had hit the lake and he was across that arm of it. So, I sat down, took out my GPS and figured out where he was and drove around. I parked and walked in. I hit an old logging road so I stopped to listen and figure out where I needed to go. I heard the bird kind of toward the gravel road so I eased that way. A few minutes later, he gobbled again. Then I heard something else...somebody was in there and calling him. So, I walked back out a ways and sat down to listen to see what happened. I was thinking I might come back another day if he doesn't shoot. Then, a bird gobbles up the road in the other direction...close. I pulled on a face mask and a minute later, he stepped out onto the logging road...so..I shot him. Not real happy about the way it took place but I figured he would have shot had it been him sitting where I was. I'm so upset that I don't know if I can eat my second plate of turkey nuggets.