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We heard and saw a good number of turkeys last Fall while wood duck hunting in this particular creek, so it made sense to go back in the Spring and see if they were still in the area.
We had four gobbling from one roost.
The first bird came down pretty quickly and walked right up to my buddy, but it stayed behind a big tree and he couldn't get a clear shot.
When he tried to get a better angle, the bird saw him and went into a frantic series of putts and took off.
This got the other birds all fired up, but they more or less held where they were, about 100 yards away.
We worked them for another hour or so, but they simply wouldn't come any closer, tracking back and forth behind the ridge instead.
So we left them and boated back down the creek to check some more spots.
Didn't hear anything in the other spots, so we made our way back up the creek.
I motored past the first setup location by about 200 yards and tried a cackle from the boat.
Two toms fired off in unison immediately.
We slipped out of the boat and up the bank a few yards and setup.
This time, they came straight in.
My buddy had one on the ground within five minutes of leaving the boat!
We fished a few spots and caught a couple of small pickerel and a small bass, then headed in.
Hunting turkeys from a boat is a lot of fun. I highly recommend trying it, if you have the opportunity and means to do so.
We had four gobbling from one roost.
The first bird came down pretty quickly and walked right up to my buddy, but it stayed behind a big tree and he couldn't get a clear shot.
When he tried to get a better angle, the bird saw him and went into a frantic series of putts and took off.
This got the other birds all fired up, but they more or less held where they were, about 100 yards away.
We worked them for another hour or so, but they simply wouldn't come any closer, tracking back and forth behind the ridge instead.
So we left them and boated back down the creek to check some more spots.
Didn't hear anything in the other spots, so we made our way back up the creek.
I motored past the first setup location by about 200 yards and tried a cackle from the boat.
Two toms fired off in unison immediately.
We slipped out of the boat and up the bank a few yards and setup.
This time, they came straight in.
My buddy had one on the ground within five minutes of leaving the boat!
We fished a few spots and caught a couple of small pickerel and a small bass, then headed in.
Hunting turkeys from a boat is a lot of fun. I highly recommend trying it, if you have the opportunity and means to do so.
