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bamaranger · April 7, 2025, 11:53 PM

-7April, hunt #6
Took Sunday off, church and family. Really need to be there if your wife is going to speak

. The plan is to get up and go all the earlier today, but it doesn't work out that way. I oversleep by over an hour, never leave the house 'til 7:00AM. It rained off and on all night, and the temp has dropped into the mid 40Fs, a near 40 degree swing. I'm not to concerned, figure the birds will stay on the roost longer, but hope they will come to the fields to dry out eventually. I'm set up in the blind at bamaboy's by 8:00AM. I've stated before, I really don't like to hunt from a blind. Yeah, it conceals you, and today, it keeps the wind and cold off me a bit. But it still seems goofy. Still, I could never hunt these open fields effectively without one.

I run the slate every 20-30 minutes, only moderate wind and its enough volume this morning. Nothing answers and I hear no gobbles all morning. I do see turkeys. At 9:30 or so a hen slants across the field, angling past from the SE, stopping and glancing over briefly when I cluck at her, but not changing course. She passes by at 75 yds or so, ducks under the adjoining fenceline and out of sight. At 11:00 I see a second hen, this one appearing briefly in the SW corner. She pivots and stalks off as if she's seen something she doesn't like........I dunno, a vulture or hawk, beats me, but she split.

I tough it out 'till 1:00PM and can stand it no more. I'm pretty well layered, and the blind is warmer than being exposed, outside, but I'm barely warm enough. I discover that the paddle on the vintage Lynch in my vest has an edge splintered. The damage is slight, I can likely glue it and all will be fine, but it still irks me. I love those old Lynch box calls, if for the nostalgia if nothing else, but they are fragile. I'd been babying this one, and didn't use it this AM anyhow. In fact I'm primarily a slate & peg man. I glue it back that night and hope for the best. The dinged call breaks my spirit, and I bail out, run to town for lunch, then over to a gunsmith shop where I'm getting a bigger bead placed on my Lanber O/U. The O/U is ready, so that works out OK. I leave the blind in place and will hunt it tomorrow AM. It's to be even colder. Seems more like deer season......with Dogwoods blooming!

April 7, 2025, 11:53 PM	#5
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,788	hunt #6 -7April, hunt #6 Took Sunday off, church and family. Really need to be there if your wife is going to speak. The plan is to get up and go all the earlier today, but it doesn't work out that way. I oversleep by over an hour, never leave the house 'til 7:00AM. It rained off and on all night, and the temp has dropped into the mid 40Fs, a near 40 degree swing. I'm not to concerned, figure the birds will stay on the roost longer, but hope they will come to the fields to dry out eventually. I'm set up in the blind at bamaboy's by 8:00AM. I've stated before, I really don't like to hunt from a blind. Yeah, it conceals you, and today, it keeps the wind and cold off me a bit. But it still seems goofy. Still, I could never hunt these open fields effectively without one. I run the slate every 20-30 minutes, only moderate wind and its enough volume this morning. Nothing answers and I hear no gobbles all morning. I do see turkeys. At 9:30 or so a hen slants across the field, angling past from the SE, stopping and glancing over briefly when I cluck at her, but not changing course. She passes by at 75 yds or so, ducks under the adjoining fenceline and out of sight. At 11:00 I see a second hen, this one appearing briefly in the SW corner. She pivots and stalks off as if she's seen something she doesn't like........I dunno, a vulture or hawk, beats me, but she split. I tough it out 'till 1:00PM and can stand it no more. I'm pretty well layered, and the blind is warmer than being exposed, outside, but I'm barely warm enough. I discover that the paddle on the vintage Lynch in my vest has an edge splintered. The damage is slight, I can likely glue it and all will be fine, but it still irks me. I love those old Lynch box calls, if for the nostalgia if nothing else, but they are fragile. I'd been babying this one, and didn't use it this AM anyhow. In fact I'm primarily a slate & peg man. I glue it back that night and hope for the best. The dinged call breaks my spirit, and I bail out, run to town for lunch, then over to a gunsmith shop where I'm getting a bigger bead placed on my Lanber O/U. The O/U is ready, so that works out OK. I leave the blind in place and will hunt it tomorrow AM. It's to be even colder. Seems more like deer season......with Dogwoods blooming!