THIS IS THE 3RD WEEKEND OF THE SEASON IN MD. I HAVE ALL READY KILLED A LONGBEARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUT WE DIDN'T CALL HIM IN HE BUT THE BIRDS WHERE JUST USING THE FEILD WHERE WE SET UP. THE PROPERTY ME AND MY DAD HAVE TO HUNT IS UNIQUE IT IS 150FT WIDE AND 3000FT DEEP (LONG) WITH 2 OTHER HUNTING CLUBS ON BOTH SIDES OF US SO THAT VERY LIMITED FOR RUNNING AND GUNNING. IT IS ALL WOODS AROUND EXCEPT FOR A 1.5 ACRE OF A TILLED FOOD PLOT (DEER FOOD PLOT) THAT WE ARE HUNTING SO IT IS OPEN. ALSO WE ARE HUNTING IN A POPUP BLIND ON THE FOOD PLOT AND USING A BOX AND SLATE CALLS. WE ARE USING 4 HENS AND A JAKE DECOY.THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE GOT SERIOUS ABOUT TURKEY HUNTING BUT USING THIS AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE
YOUTH DAY 1ST WEEKEND WE CALLED AT DAYLIGHT HAD DISTANT GOBBLES, AND HAD BIRDS RESPOND HAD 2 HENS AND A JAKE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THEY SCRATCHED AROUND IN THE FOOD PLOT THATS ABOUT IT WE HAD BIRDS IN RANGE
OPENING DAY 2ND WEEKEND CALLED AT DAY LIGHT HAD BIRDS RESPOND AT DAY LIGHT HAD A SHOT AT ABOUT 6:30 FROM THE HUNTING CLUB NEXT TO US THAT CUT THE BIRDS OFF COMMING IN TO US. WE HAD GOBBLES THAT WHERE CLOSE BUT THEY GOT HUNG UP THEY NEVER CAME IN OR SAW THEM, AT ABOUT 10:30 WE CALED AND GOT A HEN TO RESPOND ALL LIT UP AND GOT VERY EXCITED AND CAME RUNNING INTO THE FOOD PLOT TOWARD THE DECOYS AND THEN TWO JAKES CAME OUT RIGHT BEHIND HER AND STAYED IN FRONT OF US AND THOSE BIRDS WERE WITHIN TEN FEET THERE WAS OTHER HUNTINERS IN THE WOODS
4/26/08 3RD WEEKEND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED SOME ADVICE CALLED EARLY AT DAY LIGHT, VERY LITTLE ACTION OR RESPONCE TILL ABOUT 8:00 (WE HERE DOING HEN YELPS ABOUT EVERY 15 TO 20 MIN FROM DAYLIGHT) WE DID THE HEN YELP AND THEN WE HAD A GOBBLER RESPOND RIGHT AWAY ABOUT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS WE CALLED RIGHT BACK AND HE LIT UP AND THIS BIRD WENT TOTALLY WENT NUTS AND THEN WE CALLED AGAIN AND WE HAD ABOUT 3 TO 4 MORE BIRDS RESPOND BACK TO US PLUS THE OTHER ONE.  ONE BIRD WAS GETING CLOSER WITH EACH GOBBLE (WE WERE CALLING WITH AN EXCITED/AGGRESSIVE HEN CALL)THE REGULAR HEN YELP OR PURRING WOULDN'T GET A RESPONSE. THEY STAYED LIT UP FOR ABOUT 40 MIN THEN IT ALL WENT QUITE. AT BOUT 10:00 WE HEARD A TURKEY FIGHT BEHIND US ON THE OTHER PROPERTY FOR ABOUT 5 MIN STRAIGHT  AND THE BIRDS NEVER RESPONED WE SAW ONE HEN THAT WAS IT  TODAY

NOTE:THERE IS 2 DITCHES THAT RUN DOWN THE PROPERTY AND THE DITCHES ARE ABOUT 5FT WIDE AND FULL OF WATER I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE HANGING UP AT THE WATER OR WHAT

ANY HELP OR ADVICE  WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT WE MITE BE DOING WRONG PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND HAVING FUN COULD OF KILLED SOME JAKES BUT WE WANT THEM LONGBEARDS BUT NOT A TOTAL FAILURE

THANKS.....DE_DEERHUNTER(HOPEFULLY TURKEY HUNTER) LOL

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