a forgotten hunt and yesterdays hunt

I just saw these pics of an early season goose hunt this year. We weren't out that long and only had the one goose come in, but Mike grounded it.

When you only get one goose you're required to spread him out to make it look larger. 😉

Yesterday was the beginning of fall turkey season, so I packed up my gear and headed to my buddies place for a morning hunt. After only hearing a hen yelp twice from sunup until 11 am I decided to head home, get some lunch and put up a boob light.

After I had lunch I installed the light and left for my hunting spot around 2pm. I put out my one decoy, set up my chair and promptly started to snooze in the midday sun. I opened my eyes to see a turkey rounding the far corner of the path, only to watch him turn around and go back the way he came. A couple of putts from my mouth call brought him back out and into the danger zone. One shot rang out and the bird disappeared, I got up started running down the path, tripped over the log that lay across the path, did a barrel roll got back to my feet only to watch a turkey fly away. I felt a little sick until I got to where the bird was lying dead on the path. So I gathered up my prize and the rest of my gear and headed to my car.

 This was last years jake, notice the 3 shorter tail feathers. He had 3/4" spurs a 7 1/2" beard and weighed around 20 pounds. This is the bird that I'll cut up and cook the parts instead of putting the whole bird into roast. I already have my spring bird froze for Thanksgiving.