mozey
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It's no secret that I'm the world's worst turkey hunter. The five days that I've spent turkey hunting this year have been one gobbler after another fleeing my turkey calls.
I've often heard fellow hunters refer to these sinister fowl as "thunder chickens" but it never occurred to me that it was because they gobble back at the thunder. Yet that was exactly what this particular bird was doing during a rainless lighting & thunder storm when I first heard him about a mile away. He kept at it for about 40 minutes, allowing me to stalk within 20 yards of him while using the thunder to mask my sound. Forget trying to call these buggers in anymore--from now on I'll be praying for thunder... ;-)
9" beard.
I've often heard fellow hunters refer to these sinister fowl as "thunder chickens" but it never occurred to me that it was because they gobble back at the thunder. Yet that was exactly what this particular bird was doing during a rainless lighting & thunder storm when I first heard him about a mile away. He kept at it for about 40 minutes, allowing me to stalk within 20 yards of him while using the thunder to mask my sound. Forget trying to call these buggers in anymore--from now on I'll be praying for thunder... ;-)
9" beard.