For the past 5-7 years a group of us from college has met every year for opening weekend to hunt turkeys at the farm. Alabama also starts their season before their home hunting states of Georgia and now Kentucky. But, this year's season started a bit different than normal with the opening weekend (14th-15th) being dedicated to children only. So being above the age, Jake, Jim, Tim, and myself decided to meet up and hang out Sunday afternoon and all take off Monday and give the birds a shot, on the first day for adults. Well like the Squirrel Hunt, we were looking at a lot of rain keeping us cooped up, but having been a year since we had all gotten together, we went anyway. We got to spend time Sunday afternoon drinking beer and catching up and then we got a couple of hours the next day to hunt in a mist. But the turkeys were smarter than we were and held up, probably in trees all day. I did stop by Bass Pro Shops in Prattville to buy some gear. It has been a long time since i bought any hunting gear and i was quite impressed with the selections and improvements in technology. I bought a Cuddeback Capture (http://www.cuddeback.com/), a Jimmy Stewart Predator Call (which was a piece of junk and I took it back the next week), several crow decoys and an owl decoys to hunt crows, and a new turkey vest/shirt and a seat pad which velcros on your belt (great ideas made by Ol Tom which eliminates the clunky vest - http://www.oltomgobbler.com/). I put out the game camera on a spot till I can get the feeders bought and put up. I am excited about these game cameras...let's you kinda scout without being there.
Maybe next weekend will bring better weather and better turkey hunting...
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