Another exciting day in the woods!  We started off hearing them gobbling down in the haller and Weasel and Conner got to see them as they walked “the other way”!  I just don’t get it!  There were six of them!  The surprising part about our first area was the lack of hunters.  Only one other hunter on the whole mountain.  That didn’t make much sense to us.  Where were they all?

So, after a few hours we decided to go and check out some other areas we heard about.  Yep!  Lots of hunters were out today!  We did see a Gobbler and 5 hens on our way to one of the new places…but of course there were no trespassing signs and lots of orange paint.  He was safe!

And of course it isn’t turkey hunting without a little walk in the woods, calling and looking.  We made the 2 mile hike to the snow line and sure enough, there was a big bird…..PUTTING and walking away from us!  Busted Big Time once again.  Dang!

So, 12 turkeys were spotted by us today.  That is saying quite a bit about the turkeys here in the Northern end of the state.  There has to be a lot of them in order for us to see that many in one day.  Will we get to put a tag on one before the season is over?  Time will tell.  For sure, we ain’t givin up!  And to add to that we think we are getting the hang of hunting them.  One of these days, our “Thinking” is going to get in line with the turkey’s “Doing” and we will get a shot!

So, Turkeys 3, Butt and Weasel 0!

On a positive side, we are having a great time out hunting them.  The weather today was beautiful!  And my brand new boots only produced one small blister on my big toe!  That is saying a whole lot right there!

Bears Butt

May 3, 2014