This year I am determined to end the quest for my first turkey and I was finally able to get in some turkey time this morning. It took about two hours for the birds to climb out of the creek bottom and when they did, there were two jakes slowly making their way towards my decoy. I was focused on them and thought they were about 5 yards from being in both camera view and gun range. I'm not sure how high I jumped when a bone rattling gobble came from just 15 yards directly behind me. I am willing to shoot a young jake but not when a big tom is within range. Maybe I could have tried an uncomfortable left hand shot with my knees to my chest but I just wasn't confident. All three turkeys worked out of range before I could re-position myself around the tree and they hung around for a while but never came back within range. Hopefully I can get out tomorrow but if not definitely on Sunday. Stay tuned!
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