Took my daughter out on her second turkey hunt this Fall. We had a pretty sweet setup this time, we moved our blind among a bunch of round bales. It was about invisible. We heard and saw plenty of birds out of range early.
After nearly 2 hours we decided to hop out of the blind for a pee break... Big mistake. If we had just waited 10 more minutes, we might have had a flock in our lap...
We watched them slide off to the side of us, keeping about an 80 yard bubble between us and them.
Just when all hope was lost, a little flock of hens came up from behind us, intending to join the other 2 flocks out in the field. Unfortunately, the way they came by, my daughter couldn't take a shot until they were pushing the edge of range for the non-turkey loads she was using... I didn't want the shotgun to knock her shoulder off. :laugh:
We did our best to scoot around in the blind to get her a shot at them once they hit a safe angle to take a shot. It ended up being a pretty awkward poke, and a miss.
We followed where the birds went just to be sure, and they all appeared to be just fine, and barely disturbed. I would say they heard the boom, but did not realize it was intended for them. :laugh:
We ended our hunt by moving our blind for (hopefully) the last time. We saw where most of the birds entered the field, and set up where they should come right by the blind if it doesn't spook them.
We might be back in the turkey blind for the upland opener! :cheers: