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This one wandered off about a hundred yards, so I made a few clucks with my push button call , and she came right back in. Now she has gone into the woods behind me and I can still hear her yelping. No sign or sound of any toms over here this morning. I’ll give it till about 8:30, then I got to cut up another truckload of cherry.

She won’t leave so now I have one plastic decoy and one feathered, noisy one.

I just called in an old lesbian.

Hopefully, I can break in this 16 ga mod choke barrel this morning. Time for a few yelps. I was a little late getting into position this morning.

All that and you didn’t even mention the Keystone pipeline, which Biden shut down on his own authority.

Look on the bright side ….. mid term elections. I can’t see how the Dems could hold onto many seats. I’d pay $10 a gallon till fall to be rid of a bunch of them. I have a couple very fuel efficient vehicles and a canoe that I can fish from. They are already resorting to desperate measures, like the recent Supreme Court leak.

Sianara buddy, I hope you have a good season this year.

Pretty impressive. He could string sentences together quite coherently back then.

I’ll take them if Cory don’t get them.

Do toms get dumb like bucks do when it’s mating season ? On the drive to work this morning (in a no-hunting area) I saw what looked like a big garbage can in the middle of the road far ahead. It was a tom in full strut. He was in the center of the two lane. I had to get on the shoulder to miss him as I drove past. He moved slightly to the other side, blocking off the traffic. That was at 6:54 am in the light rain.

Having a rough time of it are you ? I am sorry if I hurt your feelings.

That’s pretty cool. I saw a black squirrel this morning, which was the first time I ever saw one of those at my place.

Breakfast tomorrow, would probably make a good omelet. Would you have to tag it ?

Yes, and unlike bass at least, wild turkey are not such a “fine food source”, so it’s no big deal if you “senselessly maim” one now and then.

I do, Church this morning with the family.

1st turkey hunt of the spring for me, out back this morning. I heard a total of (10) gobbles from what sounded like two different birds, both less than 200 yards away. Those started about 5:40 and ended before 6:00. I tried a few yelps from my loud mouth call, and the first gobbler answered that with a gobble, then shut up. The other one I heard was a little farther away, about 15 minutes after my calls. Other than that, just made a few clucks with my little wood push button call. I heard two distant shots, just before 6:00. Nothing heard but a few series of “hen” yelps after 6:00. It looks like this blind is needing some work. I will need to cut a piece of 3/4” marine plywood, 2 ft wide and the length of my 870 to patch the floor of the lower (enclosed) level. I will also need to clear away that downed ash and patch the upper deck wall up top with a piece of barnwood.

Maybe it was Sodfather, it was over by Lap. I am back at the house now. The only thing I heard after 6:00 were several “hens” yelping.

I heard (2) shots about a second apart, maybe 1500 yards to my se, about 6:00. I wonder if Tacs is out this morning. I also heard (2) more gobbles, a little farther away than the ones I heard earlier this morning, just before those shots but nothing since.

It sounds like there is one about 125 yards to my sw. He has gobbled 7 times so far, make that 8. They are closer together now. I think I’ll give a few yelps and wait.

Just heard a gobble

Decoy is deployed and I am in position, 5 minutes ahead of schedule.

Pretty much any lumber is ridiculously priced right now. That’s why I am only burning the the rotten stuff from this tear-down.

I think I will coat the ones that I put on the back of the barn with used motor oil.

I think they will hold up well if you keep them covered. I am going to use some for the posts and beams of the open woodshed that I am going to build on the south end of my pole barn. That will be a good test of how they hold up exposed to the weather and prevailing winds.

I think they are. That was the most common wood back in those days. They clean up pretty good with a power washer. Here are some that I used for the loft/workshops in the new barn: After I power washed them, I put two coats of polyurethane on them. That seals them, makes them easier to clean, and keeps the “chestnut” color. There are various crosssections, some about 6” square (used for the beams under the loft floor) some are 9-10” square (used for the front post and beams), and there are a few long ones that are 11-12” square. pm me, if you want to stop and look at them. I will have various lengths available till fall, but after that, only 10 footers.