this getting up early every morning is telling on me..was up at2.30 this morning could not sleep...cooked me some bacon and eggs and a coupla biscuits and washed it down with some strong coffee and now i m ready to go except it wont be daylight for a coupla hours yet...loaded up my gear in the truck and just finally got tired of waiting and drove too hunting site.. i drove up a old log road till a fallen tree was in the way...got my gear and gun and checked to see if i had my shells and gun yep ok... went a about 3 hundred yards and fpond a place to set up decoys...as i was putting out the decoys i heard a gobbler but he was to far and he only gobbled twice...then another turkey cut loose gobbling sounded like he was about a 1/2 mile this turkey was gobbling good..i made a few loud yelps to him and he responded every yelp.the turkey was a coming to me i got ready checked my face mask looked around to see if any obstructions were around in sight path ...as this turkey kept coming gobbling a turkey gobbled behind me about 3 hundred yards to the back of me about this time crows had spotted this gobbler behind me boy every crow around was giving this old turkey a fit..the gobbler that had been coming to me must not have liked all that racket for he shut up and i heard him no more... that turkey the crows were after had gone further away from me. i should have took off after that turkey while the crows were after him good...but i did not finally the crows got tired of harrassing that old bird...them crows flew rite over the top of me and i raised my gun thinking..no did not shoot for about that time another turkey gave a half gobble about a hundred yards from me...well were he went is anybodys guess... about mid morning i went to the house..as i drove i thought was a real good morning hunt heard 4 differant gobblers and a good crow fight...well went home and cut the daughters lawn got back to the house and ate..told the wife i was tired thought i would rest a spell before going back hunting i looked at the clock it was 1.30pm decided just to set in the recliner for a hour well that hour turned into a few hours when i woke up it was 5.30... so moral of storey either dont set in recliner or else set the alarm clock..ha well gonna get ready to see if i can find that gobbler that was gobbling so much this morning in the morn... charlie
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