May 13
Well, today would turn out to be a bust! After reluctantly
awakening at 3:30 a.m., I convinced myself to journey south, to possibly chase
some longbeards. Now to say “convince”, I am currently at about 4 weeks
straight of getting up at or prior to 4:30 a.m. This, coupled with working 6
days a week, has seemed to take its toll on me as of late. This week (last
couple days) have been extremely difficult, as a sore throat and flu symptoms,
have really got me down. And, to top it off, I am loading my truck in the
darkness, when I was welcomed by a nice light rain! Anyhow, not only did I
“convince” myself to go, I had made a previous commitment to my hunting partner.
I arrived at my partner’s house a little early, 5:10 a.m.
After messing around with his new puppy, for 20 min., we decided that the
seemingly massive green and red on the radar, looming to the west of us, was
not going to make the morning of chasing birds very pleasant. And, I had no the
slightest of hint of rain protection in my truck. So, we trekked across the
field to our fail safe blind location, situated on his place.
Once at the blind location, we patiently waited in the
pre-dawn for the songbirds to awaken. After sometime, we began to try a few
soft calls mainly to locate any would be suitors. Well, after several feeble
attempts, nothing. So, with rain off in the distance, we hunkered down for what
ended up being a long sit!
This location historically is a travel route for the birds,
coming from the roost, up to the field. This was just a waiting game and a way
to stay dry. Well, the morning crept on and no birds were to be heard.
Eventually, several lone hens traveled through, with no other birds in sight.
Later, a Jake had made his way up the logging road. He approached our decoy
setup and suddenly became wary, possibly of the other Jake (decoy) in his
territory. After 5 min. or so, he wandered off. The morning would continue with
much of the same. Several more groups of Jakes would pass by, but nothing we
were wanting to harvest. After a pretty lengthy lull in the action and a
constant rain setting in, we decided to call it quits after 4. hours in the
blind.
The season is quickly coming to an end, with only having one
more Sunday to hunt! This upcoming weekend will test my dedication to Turkey
hunting. As the lack of birds this year, along with another painstakingly (pre)
4 a.m. wake-up, will have me (once again) trying to “Convince” myself to go!
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