Finished my season on Tuesday with a sprint-to-the-finish 5-day hunt in south Alabama. My brother got a nice bird on Saturday, but unfortunately, despite gobbling birds all around, we never got another one to come on up into our setups on our land.
I ended the season with 1 bird down -- a jake I shot on a stalk hunt on 3 gobblers w/4 hens in a pasture... We spotted the birds from a long ways off & saw "white noggins" & setup the stalk; I called all 3 gobblers into our setup (was hunting w/a buddy, were trying to double-up) and at the last moment, 2 of 'em bolted/spooked so I lowered the boom on the dumb one that was left.
Given my heart-breaking miss on a really nice old gobbler, I'm glad to have at least not blanked on the season; but, sure do wish things had turned out a little different this year. That's just the way turkey hunting goes.
BGD