Friday afternoon I chose poorly

[deadeye]

I got to my cabin around 2 pm and being the first time I was to stay there this year, I had some housekeeping to do.  I had a choice to setup decoys near the cabin or about 110 yards across a food plot where I had set up a blind last week.  I chose the lazy way and set up a couple decoys about 20 yards from the cabin.  Around 6 PM a very big beard dragging tom showed up across the plot.  He did eye my decoys off and on but never really made an effort to come over.  He did however parade back and forth in front of my turkey blind.  After 45 minutes he walked up to the blind as if to check it out and then walked into the woods and never returned.  Saturday morning I of course went in the blind across the food plot. (Nothing like closing the barn door after the cows are out) I did have a good morning and saw several hens and a jake.  The jake tried to gardener some interest from my decoy but quickly gave up.  Then the hen and jake came to say hello before heading into the woods.  Even though I didn't shoot one, it was a very entertaining morning.

Out the window you can see the decoy and blind in the distance


The decoy is about 20 yards out.  The blind is about 110 yards away.


Big tom feeding in the apple trees.






Hen and Jake feeding beyond my decoy.


Jake trying to impress a hunk of rubber.




Hen and Jake come in for a closer look at my blind. Less than 10 feet away. 


Probably the real reason I chose to stay in the cabin. 

[glenn57]

  i see deadeye like's katchup too!!!!!!!!!!!

nice pictures............

[dakids]

How long is your season?

[snow1]

Great report D.E. thanx for sharing.

[deadeye]

dakids, My season ends tomorrow however, I it opens again for the last two weeks of May.

glenn57, yes I discovered I did not bring the BBQ sauce so a touch of catsup was used.  Good catch.

I will post a few trail camera turkey pictures soon.  It looks like there are a few around.

[Steve-o]

That's the thing about turks...

If you see them at one spot and set up there the next day, they find a reason to be someplace else.

Good luck.

[deadeye]

Here's a picture taken by a camera in "field watch" while I was watching my decoys from the cabin.  He seems to know somethings up.