Turkey hunting with JP

[DaveHawk]

1st I want to thank John for a great time. He and his his wife Missy were great hosts and I couldn't have asked for a better guy to hunt with.
>1st day there JP and I saw a big Tom in a field and decided to leave him alone and go in cold. Walking in on the morning of my 1st hunt with John I see the Tom in a tree over the trail we backed out and got in position. The Tom droped down about 65 yards out and boy did he GOBBLR and put on a show. He heard his hen yelping and left me at about 55 yards with no shot we decided to check out another place but nothing the 1st day.
>2nd day we couldn't locate a bird at 1st light and moved to a different location at this place we get onto 2 Tom Gobbling grazy, we set up and they covered about 300 yards to get to us. When the 1st one can in he saw the deck and bolted the 2nd and much larger bird came in behind him giving me about a 2 second time frame to shoot, but I wanted a little closer shot. The hole was small and if'e at best. Hunt is over
>3rd morning we head back to the same location and have birds GOBBLING but the bird pitvhed down and was shot by how knows who and we had no idea anyone else was in the area. We then went to other locations heard birds but nothing came in I could get a shot on.
>This morning we hunted and when we were setting up I saw a bird get spooked and pitch down early, I walked back to John and told him. He didn't see the bird pitch and our sail were deflated but then a GOBBLY and I quickly went back to sit. For about 30 min's he gobbled at everything JP throught at him. At the same time I am watching 2 hens sitting on branches about 60 yars from me. The hens pitched down and then the Tom pitched down, it looked as if he was coming our way but he had his eyes on the hens and started off in there dirrection I finily took a shot but it was a good 50 yards and nothing. JP was wondering why I shot so early and couldn't see the hens or the seniero of what happened. That Tom had hens on his mind and not a yelp of a call.
>JP is a hard worker when it comes to helping a tenderfoot as myself get on birds and I had a great time and allot of learning experances. Between Hat and JP I can't think of 2 Hunters I would rather learn from.
>I hope to get back up there the last weekend of the month for a finial HAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR ! of the season.

[jplittlebuck]

HHaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Dave, i'll hunt with you any time, you did a fantastic Job on all hunts, and i'm darn proud of you, you showed alot of composure, plus you darn near wore me out to boot, LOL your a walking machine Hawksford !!! LOL
i have to tell you though Dave, in the 4 days you were here, 3 full mornings, and a short hunt this morning, gobbling was as heavy as i have ever seen it, in so many locations, and its a rare thing, that many days,
usually rain, or wind will wash out at least one day, but you couldn't have been here at a better time, going home empty, is somthing i still cant believe, but thats just the way it is, when things go wrong, they just go wrong, wether your waiting on a clearer shot, or a gobbler looks like he may come in a little bit closer, what ever the case, you did very well, but i'll have to admitt, we had some very odd things happen, and at least 3 times, there was no doubt in my mind, we would be carring out a bird, and it just dosen't happen, thats hunting those beedy eyed SOB's LOL i'm still shaking my head on a few of those hunts, LOL
i'll bet we heard 100 gobbles a day, on all four days, including this morning, and that was only an hour hunt behind the house, LOL
funniest thing, is we never had a single encounter with a Jake bird, every Gobbler was an Adult, except for one jake yesteday, come poking his head in behind me, and thats a rare thing also,
i susspect after these last few days, things will quiet down a bit, some gobblers have been shot out, but there seems to be always a mid season lull, no mattter what the weather's like,
but that also makes for a very interesting later part of the season, and the fact that your only 6 comfortable HR's away, i hope you can get up here for a few days more, and i hope Hat, Rick, or Todd jump on board with Ya for the trip,
total Price again Dave was $60 +$35 total $85 bucks for everything,
thats actually pretty cheap for a Non res license, so just somthing for the rest of ya'll to think about!!!
again Dave, was very glad to have no up, your a true gentleman, and a great hunter, i cant tell just walking along side ya, you know your stuff bud, and it was a real pleasure,
BTW, i think that might have been old Bob the tin knocker, that you heard walking in on our gobbler this morning, did you notice that truck parked in my driveway when you pulled out???
i'm going to have to have a talk with that ole man, i gave him permission to park in my yard, but only hunt across the road, that gobbler we were on, was so vocal this morning, i'l bet money it pulled him in over were he shouldn't have been,
thats why it's so important around here to get a tom on the ground, and to the end of the barrel, before anyone else gets set up, that can be a big problem around here, in a few of the more acessable location's, some places, like over by the side of the highway, and a few others spots, i usually dont worry to much, but if tailfans are visable from the road, you might expect company, LOL guess i cant blame folks, everyone wants to kill one, LOL

[ncboman]

your a walking machine Hawksford !!!

That's what Massive Horns said about JP. ;D

I guess with the weather in NY, you gotta walk to stay warm.

[DaveHawk]

NC, the mornings were very comfortable and by 9:30 we were sheading clothes. The weather was very worm for this time of year up there.
>6 hours it was ! Almost 75-80 the hole way home except for the towns and the 1st smoky I saw was in MD giving an assist to a broken down car.
>PJ, walking has always been my strong point in the woods, next time we get together don't feel like you have to hold back on a Run and Gun situation on account of me, LOL . With out snakes being in the area, I am alot more mobol in the north than in the south lands. LOL
> I did see his truck, and thought the same thing as I was pulling out. Hey chit happens but it all good. Thanks Bro for a great time ! D.H. Hawksford
>

[massive horns]

Sounds like you had a good time Hawk. By the way, did you do the aropedope on any birds? Seems like it worked last year for us. By the way I'll say it again, JP is a walking hunting machine.

[DaveHawk]

I am not sure what a rope-a-dope is Massive but we did cover some ground.

Ask Peterson how took the naps after the morning hunt LOL

[jplittlebuck]

i have to admitt Dave, those early afternoon Naps were pretty frequent on my part, LOL guess maybe i should start drinking those " Redbulls " LOL
Ryan, any chance you getting up here before the end of may??
i did have a phone call on the phone ID from Ontario canada last week, i just assumed it was Chad, and i returned the call, it was tella marketing, LOL
but anyway, i'll give you a ginggle at school late morning one day this week, if thats OK !!!

[jirvin]

I hope to get in a hunt with JP one of these days.