A little turkey video from my yard

[Powerstroke]

[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/9byj6mwR8qU

My daughter is with me doing the hen calling on her slate call she built. I snuck along the fence and placed the Best Turkey Decoy jake. I backed up about 10ft and filmed the entire thing with my phone. I actually have 5 mins of video, but here is a 30sec cut of the decoy getting attacked. That boss tom had some nice hooks and kept the other two toms at bay.

Lots of fun. I love having this much wildlife near my home in the suburbs. Too bad its not legal to hunt.

[123fish]

Well that certainly is cool.

[leech~~]

If you would have put the decoy a little more behind the fence. The neighbors may have never seen the shot!

[CaptainMusky]

That is awesome! I love seeing wildlife in the yard. I haven't had anything as cool as that, but 2 winters ago I had deer come in my yard every night so I set up a trail cam. 18 deer at one time. No big bucks, but one 8 pt that would have been something in a couple years. They never came back the last two winters. Not sure why. I was certainly feeding them enough. :-)

[sticknstring]

Sweet - that'll get you and your daughter fired up for NE!

[Powerstroke]

I live at the top of a hill that drains down to a huge "park" (environmental area). There is a creek that runs through it and its some amazing habitat. I get deer, turkeys, pheasants, squirrels, rabbits, ducks, coyotes. You name it.

In that video you are looking due north towards the wildlife area and all the animals use that line as a travel corridor. I'm blessed to have that in my yard every day without living further out in the country.

As far as hunting.....more than a few neighbors have mentioned to me that they wouldn't mind a few of the deer and turkeys missing. I'm not a law breaker, so I take every opportunity to mentally practice my shot or calling techniques.

[CaptainMusky]

Many cities hold archery hunts. Does yours? Granted its super cool to have those animals around, but too many of them and they get to be a nuisance.

I would love to have that much wildlife around my home and I live out of town. We have had turkeys roam through our yard before. I had a ruff grouse in my crab apple tree last Fall and the deer a couple winters ago, but nothing real consistent.

[mws4dux]

Great video.....gets the blood a pumping. ....can't wait!

[Powerstroke]

No hunting allowed here. I participate in several of the metro area hunts, but the city I live in does not believe in allowing public hunts of any kind.

No big deal. As any hunter and sportsman knows, seeing the wildlife is the best part.

[CaptainMusky]

No big deal. As any hunter and sportsman knows, seeing the wildlife is the best part.

True dat!!