It has not stopped raining since last Monday, and as of today, I've recorded over 13 inches of rain in the rain gauge. To say the woods are soaked is an understatement. Lots of flooding and even though I'm in the mountains, all the water has screwed up a lot of my areas.....bad.
So for the last day of our season, I head to a hillside of timber between two big fields that I knew some birds were still hanging around. It's a steady rain as I got set up in the timber, and to my surprise, a bird sounds off within 50 yards. Thank goodness for the foliage and rain to help cover the sound.
He gobbled a total of 8-10 times, and I could see him on the limb. Another bird about 100 yards away gobbled 3-4 times as well. I coulnd't help but be happy I had two birds gobbling on the roost in the steady rain on the last day of the season within 100 yards of me.
At 550 which was still very dark with the cloud cover and rain, a hen pitched down in front of me and down over the hill. About 30 seconds later, he pitched down not 30 yards in front of me...and that was all she wrote. Trust me, I don't ever get that lucky on a roost bird. He's a stud.
Double beards, (Both beards 10.75 inches)
20.5 lbs
1 3/8 spurs
What a way to end the season. Sorry about teh lousy picture...he was soaked. I'll post in the entry thread as well.
