I went over Friday and got to my landowners about 1 pm, dropped off some thank you gifts, and then went hunting. About 3 dozen birds came in feeding about 50 yards up the hill from my setup about 3 pm and were heading slowly my way and I could see another group of over 3 dozen coming behind them a hundred yards back. A neighbor up the hill from my landowners came out about 3:15, started banging on a bucket of feed and started throwing out handfulls. Got to watch every turkey in the neighborhood change direction and head on up there until nearly dark ... ended up about 80+ turkeys that I got to watch fly up from the neighbors versus from my landowners like usual.
Well, figured I'ld just set up the blind along with the tripod stool and 5000 BTU heater for the cold of the next morning (and so glad I did ... brrrr). Got into the blind about 6:30 am the next morning, watched them fly down about 07:20, and then start slowly feeding my way. At 8 am, they had fed to within 20 yards and I dropped my bird. Made it home by 3:30 pm anyway and have 4 wild ones in the freezer even after cooking 1 for T-day.
There was still at least 8 huge toms and a lot of jakes for the spring. Can hardly wait ...
