Passed on a few today

[Grayfox]

I took out Mitchell this morning for the WI youth hunt and we got into a bunch this morning. What a great day to be out. We actually snuck past the birds early this morning and only managed to bump one bird off the roost. Right after legal hours we had two bald eagles circleing and squawking near the pond we set up by and soon after that the turkeys started pitching out of the trees and landing along the bank below us. The boss hen was cutting real loud 15 yards away and drew in 5 jakes and 2 other hens. They camped out for 15 minutes below us while I agitated her with my cutting. The biggest bird had what looked to be a 5" beard with another close with a 4" and the others with just stubs. They walked past us as I continued to razz her up then she turned back and they all walked by us agian. I'm pretty proud of him for wanting to hold out for a bigger bird with several birds already under his belt. He's going to try agian tomorrow morning if it's not pouring out. We saw a few batches of birds on the way home with several groups of 8-10 long beards in them so it looks like it'll be a bit before they start breaking up.

[Wanderer]

Nice. A great start for sure.

I saw a very similar distribution of birds yesterday also. This in zone 348 of MN.

Good luck out there.

[IlliniWalli]

sounds like a great hunt even if ya didnt pop one. its always fun messin with em and talkin to em.

i've ate a few tags over the years by not taking a jake, but i've shot a few, too.