Our 2nd season started yesterday, I had the blind set out since last week and ready to rock. The gobbling was crazy and early…5:23 . I had 2 nice strutters launch with a few hens and stay 125 yds above me and show off all morning never leaving them. Four jakes came right in and all took turns on the DSD breeder and put on a good show. The gobbling ceased at 930 ish. At 10:45 a lone hen came into the deeks and spent the next five hours laying next the breeder and jake preening and napping…kinda cool at 7yds I must say. The rest of the day was uneventful until late in the afternoon when I watched 5 strutters down the valley running hens and strutting until just before dark and took them up to roost. It was along 14 hour sit and I had a decision to make.
I thought about it last night and made the decision to head out at 4 am and move the set-up where the birds were chasing the night before. The birds gobbled later this morning and alot less, but they were right where I left them. At 5:55 a lone hen landed above me and by 6:05 the 5 longbeards and several more hens hit the field. It took me about 25 minutes to coax the hens down, but when they commited….the toms made a bee-line. The first one made it to the deeks and I let him have a Grim Reaper sandwich ….he made it 25 yds. What a great morning, I couldn’t be happier.
