April 18th is the opening day for turkey season here in Maryland! Oh Man, I can’t wait. I am excited to pull out all the turkey hunting gear, and rummage through it again. For me, this seems to be an annual event, cruising down to the basement and grabbing my vests and box labeled “TURKEY HUNTING”- tuning box calls, practicing with diaphragms and slates, showing my daughter and son how to use them, again, them taking the calls up to demonstrate to their thrilled mother!
I plan to take my 6 and 3/4 year old, he insists that we don’t just call him 6, out in the field with me this year. I have a couple of places where I can easily set up my Double Bull Ground Blind and a few decoys and see what happens. Have you ever wondered why the grass seems greener on the other side? I always seem to get permission on spots where the turkeys are roosting 100 or so yards away… right on the other side of the fence row that defines the property line!! The birds are not only audible, some mornings, but often even visible. They generally fly down strut around a bit and then head off in the opposite direction, like being pulled on a string towards the hens down in the bottom!
You never know when they will come your way though! That’s what makes it so much fun! In my next post I think I may share a story with you of when the boss Tom actually left the hens he was with to come my way. Oh yeah, turkey fried in peanut oil is so good in the spring!
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