Live Hunts - northern Missouri Turkey hunt - May 2

Live Hunts - northern Missouri Turkey hunt - May 2 - Day 2

Tuesday - May 2, Day 2 - northern Missouri Turkey hunt

My enthusiasm about the bright sunshine forecast for today was dampened somewhat by the fact that I drove through dense fog all 35 miles from my hotel to the hunting area. Being a pretty new turkey hunter, I wasn't sure how that might affect the birds. Well, it definitely affected them.

This morning I set up in the same spot as yesterday morning, with intentions of moving on one of those Toms heard gobbling yesterday, while they were still on roost, in order to get set up closer. Well, guess what? Not a single gobble. None. Zero. I did, however, see another lone hen (the same one perhaps) come into the field. Since it was foggy and it was obvious there wasn't much action, I tried to snooze, but I didn't have a very thick tree to lean against and was fairly uncomfortable. I was hoping the fog would lift directly. Well, it still hadn't lifted by about 9 a.m., so I decided to walk back to my car, catch a little snooze there (more comfy than a tree), and then come back out after the sun burned the fog off, hoping it would get the birds going. I slept for about an hour, and sure enough by then it was bright, with no fog in sight. I was hoping to hear gobbles resounding through the woods after walking just a little ways. Well, I had no such luck.

I went back up to the field and sat for about half an hour calling and waiting, but didn't see or hear anything. I went to another location a couple hundred yards away where I could see for a distance on a few sides, called and waited for another half hour or so, hearing nor seeing anything. I decided to call it quits for the 2nd day, very frustrated that this hunt wasn't turning out quite like I was hoping it would. After getting up and walking for about 5 minutes back towards my car, I suddenly heard a gobble to my right side, very close, like less than 100 yards. I didn't see anything, but I knew he must have been close enough to see me, but I decided to set up anyway. I called for a few minutes, and heard another gobble, but it was probably 300 yards away this time. I followed it and set up again, calling and hoping to draw him back in, but it was not to be. I can only conclude since I heard him gobble so close to the last time I had set-up and then left, that he was coming in silently. I can't figure out, however, why he would gobble if he saw me and was alarmed. I thought when they are alarmed they just putt and leave. Oh well. End of day 2.

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