Gobbler's Down!!

This morning I guided Dan and Gary for turkey's. We got to the ranch well before daylight and as we were putting on our gear all hell busted loose up the valley from us. Within minutes we could hear several tom's gobbling and made a mad dash to get set up and entice a couple of them in. As the birds hit the ground they got pretty quiet and we waited patiently until I could take it no more! The birds were answering our calls but they would get closer and then back off, almost like they were walking in a big square, it was weird!! We decided to pick up and we headed up the hill to try and spot the birds to see what they were actually doing. When we reached a good vantage point we spotted a couple hens at a dead run headed up the opposite hill side and shortly there after a line of gobblers! We now knew why they wouldn't come into our calls and I had a good idea of where they were headed so we set out to try and get in front of them. We arrived at where I thought the birds would show and we didn't have to wait long as a line of gobblers came strutting in!! Within seconds of having a good visual on the entire string of birds the guys picked out the 2 biggest and rolled them up almost simultaneously!! It was awesome, 2 nice tom's down! Both of the birds were of good size and one had a 9.5 inch beard and the other 8.5. It was a great hunt and it's always nice when a plan comes together!

Casey