We tried.........

2050z · 05-10-2004, 08:57 AM

Well Linedawg and I made one last attempt to get our spring turkey.
We head up to the grasslands in Decatur to try our luck.
We setup near the edge of field and proceeded to call. About an hour we heard a faint gobble. We called and called, but nothing responded. We decided to move to another area.

We quickly setup and started calling. This time we heard nothing and we waited for another and decided to walk around and do some calling.
We circled around and walked through woods. We came back out near our blind and discovered my jake decoy was nocked over.

We noticed part of the jakes beard had been pulled out. Something attacked my jake, but we have no clue as to what did it. We rattled of scenarios and we decided the best 'Story' to tell everybody was that a cougar attacked it. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

We got back into the blind and called again. I guess it was about an hour when I saw a turkey walking across the open field about fifty yards away.
We called, but the turkey never responded. We waited and waited and decided it was getting too hot to sit in the blind any more.

We packed up and left for lunch and AC.

After lunch we scouted out another spot that might have some potential.
After we got setup up we could hear the thunder rumbling around and the wind was starting to lift up the blind. We heard one gobble, so we stuck it out. The wind finally settled down and we thought it might work out.
Nope! The wind came back and picked the blind up over our heads and that was the end of 2004 Spring turkey season.

It was a great learning experience hunting Spring turkey and I look forward to next year.

biggen · 05-10-2004, 09:16 AM

Better luck next year!! Good STORY!! :lol:

Linedawg · 05-10-2004, 09:28 AM

The only thing that I'll add is that we KNOW it was a cougar. Just had to be a cougar. It was a horrible scene of foam shredded plastic scattered and decoy death and mayhem. I hope I never have to witness such massive decoy destruction by a cougar again.

:wink:

LostHawg · 05-10-2004, 10:47 AM

Well, you had better luck than me. All I had this weekend was a lone hen fly into our camp at BSA camp. I, of course, quickly went to my truck and got my mouth call. I had that hen quite confused there for a bit, but she finally left. LOL Kinda skeered the womenfolk though. :twisted:

I personally try to avoid cougars that attack foam turkeys. Very mixed up cats.

hogslayer · 05-10-2004, 02:32 PM

COUGAR? in decatur....more likely someone hit it with a mower....did you set up in someone's garden again? you two gotta, gotta watch ya...too much liquid libation????

Oh well I enjoyed the brief story.... you two should go on the road with that act....

:twisted:

Tomme · 05-10-2004, 04:47 PM

You guys are TOOOO funny. Now we have to get a stuffed cougar to place among your turkey decoys on next years LSBA spring hunt.

Ronny · 05-10-2004, 08:19 PM

That story is to cool. I guess next time somebody better guard the cooler better, I mean the decoys.

Linedawg · 05-10-2004, 08:24 PM

Hey, I don't know what ya'll are implying! It's all true! I was sceared for my life! I swear upon Timm's ugly ingrown tonail! :shock:

Ronny · 05-10-2004, 08:28 PM

I"ll bet you were scared.

Ronny · 05-10-2004, 08:29 PM

I"ll bet you were scared.

Frontloader · 05-10-2004, 08:47 PM

Attacked by a cougar. :shock:

Guys, you are lucky to be alive. I can't believe it pulled the blind over your heads and attacked you that way.

Good thing the decoy was there to distract it and give you a chance to run for your lives. And I guess you didn't get any pictures either.

2050z · 05-11-2004, 07:53 AM

This hunting story is gettin way out of hand. :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

The 'Cougar' attacked my decoys and not the blind. Steve broke wind and blew the blind over our heads.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Linedawg · 05-11-2004, 09:32 AM

I guarentee you that wind weren't broke! It was full bodied wind for sure! :shock:

Frontloader · 05-11-2004, 07:10 PM

I guess all that wind explains why these two hunters were not able to get a turkey at Brushy Hills either. :shock:

Now we know why the turkeys were keeping a big distance between themselves and the decoy and blind. :lol:

Warning to everyone. You are taking a big chance hunting with either two of these fine hunters. They seem to initiate big winds. :P

hogslayer · 05-11-2004, 08:08 PM

I think the two biggest turkeys were in the blind all day... :twisted: ....now I still think someone's brush hog hit the decoy while the 'hunters' were sleeping...Great story, you two should do one for the magazine,,,,,,, :wink: [/i]