MN Double - Turkey Hunting - Turkey Hunting

Our season started on thursday(4-29) But we didn’t start hunting until friday. So on thursday after work I went out to the property to set up the blind. Right when I pulled up there was a hen out in the field feeding. So I got out and started talking to the land owner for a bit and it didn’t take long and here comes a group of 5 toms all fanned out making there way to the hen. That was really cool to see and kind of set the mood for the next days hunt. But first I had to put the blind out in the 30 mph winds. Wow what a treat but finally got the blind up and got out. Met my dad out at the property and started making our way up to the blind stopping and calling. We didn’t hear anything really close so thought we’d stick it out in the blind. Which was a good idea with the wind and rain that continued through out the day. We were set up on the edge of the woods between 2 big fields. We were seeing some nice toms cruising between the woods but they were just out of calling range due to the weather. A few jakes came by the set up but were real skiddish. We had out 2 hen decoys. It was so strange though, we heard a few gobbles while on the roost early. But as soon as they got down they shut right up. It wasn’t until about noon We got a few birds to sound off to our calling. They were about 100 yards away in the middle of the woods. I would hit the slate call and immediately get a response from them. That went on for about a half hour with them slowly getting closer with each gobble. Finally a head pops up about 35 yards away, its a hen. Then a Tom pops out in full strut gobbling and then another one. We wait for them to get out in the open and my dad says he’ll take the one on the left. Ok sounds good to me lets kill em. Boom Boom 2 turkeys down. My tom had a 10″ beard, 1″ spurs and weighed 17 lbs. My dads weighed 20 lbs w a 10″ beard and 3/4″ spurs. Wow it was so awesome when I looked over and saw the look on my dads face. Just another great memory in the field with my dad. You just never know when there going to come by. We always try to do all day sits because where we hunt sooner or later they’ll be by. And before we left we went and checked out one of our spots for shrooms and were not disapointed. Good Luck to all this Turkey Season.
My NWTF score 57
Justin