Mad_Angler - May-13 Mobile live hunt from WI
Turkey
4:44 AM LIVE from WI*
Start on season 5 in Wisconsin. It runs from Wednesday until next Tuesday.
4:47 AM LIVE from WI*
Last week,I walked about a Mike from my house, set up under roasted birds and killed a nice tom at fly down. But,I did it with my shotgun.
Today, I walked about a mile in the opposit direction. I set up my DSD jake in a popular early morning strutting and gathering area.
Today,I have my bow...
4:49 AM LIVE from WI*
I was all set up about 4:25. Shooting light is 5:05. Hopefully they wait a little but because I'll need some light to see my pins
4:52 AM LIVE from WI*
I just heard the first gobble. He is about 100-150 yards away. That is good because I want perfectly quiet this morning
5:50 AM LIVE from WI*
A nice flock flew down into my field. A nice tom,5 Jake's, and 3 hens. They milled around and the Tom strutted.
The Jake's and hens came to the decoy. It was quite a thrill to be 10 yards away without a bind.
But the Tom wandered off.
Maybe they'll come back...
6:24 AM LIVE from WI*
The tom found more hens. Now, he is in the middle of the field with 5 hens.
I was looking left to monitor then. I looked right and the 5 Jake's were back out and looking my way. Luckily,I was fairly well hind and they didn't see me.
The tom and hens are feeding my way...
6:59 AM LIVE from WI*
I didn't think it was goingto happen.
I put my decoy in line with the birds. Then,I crawled up to the decoy.
The tom noticed but the hens didn't care.
I started flashing the DSD jake arty the Tom. He kept watching and strutting and would not come
7:01 AM LIVE from WI*
I crawled toward the Tom. He watched and the hens didn't care.
I didn't think I would make it the whole way. So I backed up. Now, I'm packing up and going to try tomorrow with my heads up decoy
7:43 AM LIVE from WI*
Back home. Turkeys Win this round
5:12 AM LIVE from WI*
I'm back... I'm in the same spot. No placed decoys. I just have the heads up.
I left the house at 4:30, got here at 4:40. Just heard my first gobbles from the trees at 5:10.
It is foggy this morning so I expect fly down to be later.
6:30 AM LIVE from WI*
The tom,5 Jake's, 2 hens flew down about 5:30. I waited a few minutes and then exposed the heads up decoy to the tom. He was about 80 yards away.
The tom and the 5 Jake's took off running... away from me. The two hens didn't even seem to notice me. They just glanced over every once in a while.
Eventually, the hens walked off too...
Not sure what happened. This was a pretty big tom with a decent harem. I expected more from him...
