Turkey hunting and BS welcome!

No luck today . Been raining a lot the last few days . It stopped about daybreak today . I was out there until 9 this morning, no gobbling at all
Saw a couple hens that was all . Supposed to rain around 11 am today and most of the rest of the week .

 

Slip hunt them sobs.

 

Friend of mine who is 10 years younger than me complained with being sore and tired after an 8 mile hunt last week. With all the storm damage it was a chore just to work a couple creek bottoms slipping up the creek bed from calling location to location. Plenty of blow downs to navigate by crawling through, ducking under logs or climbing over. I was tired myself. On the last bit walking out to the truck is where he complained so I told him wait till he got to my age. Said he hoped he could do as well then. Told him I had an idea to help with his hunting for next year. Go make him an obstacle course for the off season to train on. Cut down the biggest oak tree he has in his back yard and practice running back and forth through it.

 

It's been said "You can't move slow enough to walk up on a turkey" or deer for that matter.

 

My training to get ready for turkey season is all about the hill climbing it's nothing for me to gain 4500 feet of elevation at one spot i might hunt 3 spots in a day..obviously not all of them will have that kind of climb. I had the guys from misfire game calls here last week the hills were whopping those boys.

 

When I hunt the mountains here, and they aren’t 4500’ elevation changes, then hunt the piedmont area later. It’s like a walk in the park. You can wear blisters on the sides of your dang feet up there.