Turkey Hunting in Alabama
It was the opening weekend for the 2007 Turkey Season in Alabama. I knew of a couple long beards I had seen in about a 50 acre hayfield the week before so I had my mind set to be there and set up with my Pretty Boy well before daylight. I was completely set up by 5:30 AM just in the edge of the frosted over hayfield. Around 6:15 AM the day began to come alive. Shortly after daylight, I had a hen pitch down about 15 yards in front of me and within feet of Pretty Boy. Thank goodness I had my mouth call in and my gun rested in the right direction because I could not move at all. After 20 minutes of the live hen and myself calling, I saw this gobbler come out from 300 yards across the hayfield. As the sun was shining in a few spots of the field, the gobbler would go to the sunny spots and strut, then run 100 yards and strut again. Finally he ran all the way up to Pretty Boy and made circles around him in full strut not offering a good head shot. Finally after some quick clucks, he stuck his head out from his body enough for an awesome 15 yard shot. With the live hen just yards away, all he was worried about was the strutting tom, he worried for a little to long.
Brett B.
Birmingham, AL