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Well woke up at 4 am so we can get ready for the 4 45 am pick up. The pick up was the only part of todays plan that worked. Kenny and his boy were a no show at the meet spot, so gorge and his son michael and me and robyn went to the farm just teh 4 of us. 10 minut drive from my house and we are there. It is 5 am as we aprk the truck and both parties walk to there perspective locations. For me and Robyn its a old chiken coop next to teh barn. Set out the 8 feeding hens and the one look out hen and then site and waight for day light. 6 20 am she can finally see the decoys i plased 15 yards out from teh coop so i figer its time to start calling. Did i forget to mention the wind is bloing real hard? I cald for an hr on and off and hear no responce. We both under dressed for how cold it was and by 7 20 she is shaking uncontrolible even though she is wearring sweets and coveralls over that and a this fleece coat, I am in tenis shoes hunting pants and long sleve t shirt wiht a wind braker since she is wearing my fleece coat. So we take a littel walk at 7 20 to circualte the blood and to see if we call closer to the hill to teh rt of the area we at see if any tomes will respond. we move to the power line clearing jsut below the hill/ridge and set up and i do soem calling, no responces for over an hr. It was good opertunity for her to try her hand at slate call. By 10 am she was able to get teh striker corectly on the slate and it sounded good. At 10 10 am I spot movment coming down teh hill/ridge, 2 terkeys no sound just amozing down. By 10 40 they are clsoe enouf to realize they are 2 henns out for a late breakfast. They make no sound at all and proced to eat as they morander around. I am hoping a they will get the atention of a tom as they are feeding but 15 yards infront of use. Robyn keeps asking if i am shure they are hens and not toms. The hens eventually move off and tehn retern at 11 00 am with another hen, they linger in site untill almost noon and then walk up teh hill/ ridge. At no time did any of htem make a sound and neather did us. It was bloing so hard there was wite caps on the lake that is not even 50 yards from where we are sitting. No other sighting of a terky untill 1 pm when its time to pack up. My friend george and hsi son michael saw nothing and heard nothing below the dam in the bottom.
My neice is a troper thouhg and askes on the way home if we are goign to go back out tomarow morning? I said if she wanted to shure.
I am hoping it was jsut teh really high winds that had the toms all quiete and not the fact that the naibers on the farm have cut down teh fence and taken to riding there 4 wheelers all over the farm and the woods of it. The owner of the farm not live there and just noticed teh 4 wheeler tracks the other day when they went down to acess storm damadge. He tracked the tracks all the way to his naibers house and on teh way foudn the nocked down fence. We told him we will help him put it back up cince he let us take the kids tehre to hunt. But i sugested he call the police and fiel a complaint even though he dint actually see them on his property the tracks lead form tehre sheed to across his property line.
Eather way we goign to go back out in the morning and see what happens. cross fingers. Will be using the latest call from poor valley that arived in the mail today. The slat on top glass on bottom call. If i was a terky id shure respond to it.
My neice is a troper thouhg and askes on the way home if we are goign to go back out tomarow morning? I said if she wanted to shure.
I am hoping it was jsut teh really high winds that had the toms all quiete and not the fact that the naibers on the farm have cut down teh fence and taken to riding there 4 wheelers all over the farm and the woods of it. The owner of the farm not live there and just noticed teh 4 wheeler tracks the other day when they went down to acess storm damadge. He tracked the tracks all the way to his naibers house and on teh way foudn the nocked down fence. We told him we will help him put it back up cince he let us take the kids tehre to hunt. But i sugested he call the police and fiel a complaint even though he dint actually see them on his property the tracks lead form tehre sheed to across his property line.
Eather way we goign to go back out in the morning and see what happens. cross fingers. Will be using the latest call from poor valley that arived in the mail today. The slat on top glass on bottom call. If i was a terky id shure respond to it.