Friend and I got out early(ish) this morning, sat down about 5:25, a little before shooting light. Went to a spot he’d seen a lot of turkey over the last few weeks. About 6:00 we heard what I thought was a Canada goose honking over and over. Turned out it was a hen flying down into our field. It landed about 200 yards away, made a shit ton of noise, and started pecking around. 10-15 minutes later it took off and flew away. Had another hunter crash out of the woods in our spot about 8:00 and sort of blew up the spot. Was hoping to get a bird in range but I’ve already seen more turkey than last year so it was a good day.
I’d been thinking last week about why I didn’t get out more last year. It was a tough reminder this morning when my alarm went off at 3:00. Ugh.