TURKEY SEASON....

 Well, as we know I didn't get drawn for the turkey hunt, so I went yesterday and today for the no show. Would you believe I made it both days? I know...

Yesterday I really didn't have any interactions until the last couple hours where I got to mess with a gobbling turkey, he didn't budge. 

I did see all this though....

This was my last set up

With the info I had from yesterday I went to the same area in the morning, and worked a gobbler that I was hoping would pitch across the river and right into my lap..... He did not!

So after a couple hours of trying to get him to cross the river, I left that bird and went to find the bird from yesterday afternoon. I slipped a couple hundred yards into the woods to a spot I thought looked good, set up my decoy and chair and started calling.... He absolutely opened up and let me know where he was... so I shut up and let him come to me.... After a half hour or so I called a
gain and again he gobbled, only this time I also heard a hen and a Jake.... Well that's no good.... 

I kept letting him know I was still there but he wasn't budging. I can only hunt until 1 so I just sat tight and waited. Eventually he shut up, I'm pretty sure the hen drug him away. So I called every 15 mins or so, and on one of the breaks I heard a twig snap. I got the gun up and ready to shoot, within 4 minutes I had 4 Jake's walking by me at 10 yards. They never saw me and I almost dropped the hammer on one, but just knowing I could've filled my tag was good enough. I let the hammer down slowly and just watched them until they moved out of sight.

 I know it's a crappy pic but between the two trees are 2 of the Jake's.

After they walked off I started my calling again and wouldn't you know it the Tom started gobbling again. I was like.. well alright lets finish this... 

I called, he gobbled, I called, he gobbled a little further, and eventually I ran out of time. I had to let him be, so I slipped back out of the woods, with the hopes I can hunt him again on Mon. 

 

 

Real quick....

 I got quite a bit done this week and I'm happy to say that the boat is water worthy. The first thing I did was install the buzzer that I got on Fri.

The next thing I did was install a battery monitor.

I also have 2 more for my trolling motor batteries. The next thing I did was work on installing my bilge pump.... that sucked.

I had to slide into the 1x2 foot rectangle to drill out the rivets, pull the plate, install the new bilge, hook up the power, hook up the drain hose, and rivet it back in. I know it sounds easy but it was horrible and my shoulders still haven't forgiven me.

I know it doesn't look like the hose is connected but there's another attachment that could've affixed to it if needed.

 

Next week I'm going to install a new switch for my nav lights. I messed with it and it seems the switch is not working so.... there's that. Oh, and turkey season starts next week, which I just found out my draw didn't go through. So I'll be going to the no shows and trying the very small amount of private that I have to try and get one.... 

 

As much as I hate to say it, there will be no fishing until I get a turkey.😁/😢

 

On pause

 Well, I capped off another week spending more than I make. I'm sure it will all be worth it, hopefully after this round I'll be able to get out in the next week or 2. That is unless gas prices me out of the market..🤷‍♂️

Then all this is for not👎..... 

who am I kidding?

 I'll still go....... into more debt.🤑

For the love of the game.

Be safe, 🙏 that I can get this boat wrapped up next week. Or at the very least that it blows all next week, so even if I was done I still couldn't get out.

🤷‍♂️

Really close....

 Well from the looks of it right now I am going to miss my start date for fishing... I'm hoping it's only going to be a week unless I get what I need fixed, fixed. 

I had a pretty good week got quite a bit done, at least done enough to fish... until.... my bilge pump stopped working, and the alarm on the motor stopped alarming. So those are the 2 things I will have to address before I go out. 

The stuff I did get done....

Yep I got all my fishfinders mounted and even switched out my fuse panel. The bilge should be a pretty easy plug and play. The alarm I'm hoping just had a fuse go out on the motor. Not sure bout anything else just going to not think about anything else til Monday.

Hope everything is going well for you. Stay safe 

talk to ya next week. 

Ran out of time this week...

 Saved all the happy work for today and ran myself out of time for this. I'll have a good update next week though. 

Only 1 more week and I "should" be on the water....