No turkey or fish

[noodle one]

After giving the turkey woods a rest for the last three days, I headed out the door at 4:15am to try to fill my second tag. I sat down at 5:10am and waited to hear the woods wake up.The song birds were singing and everything was looking up. I know that a gobbler has his roost tree close by. I was hoping that by giving this spot a break for three days would let the gobbler settle down and maybe want to come to that lone hen that had been calling to him all last week. 5:40am I heard a soft cluck and I answer with a soft cluck. The birds were close, real close. I started looking in the tree tops. I spotted a hen about 80 yards down hill starting to move around on a limb of a big oak. I heard some more soft clucking and yelps real close. I answered her with the same soft clucks and yelps. Still no gobbles. I then spotted another hen in the same tree as the first hen. The soft yelping was almost continuous from the real close hen. I finalily spotted her about 50 yards away in another oak on the other side of a big hemlock. That makes three hens that I know of out in front of me. Still no gobbler or gobbles. This soft yelping went on until 6:05 am ,when the first hen came out of the tree. Three more hens followed her and never made a sound. Not a cackle or yelp. I didn't even hear their wings flap. I did not see a gobbler or hear one. I waited 15 mins.and then moved down to their level and set up. I gave some soft clucks and purrs. and scratched the leaves some. After 5 mins. a hen answered me with a few soft clucks. After that nothing.I gave it a hour and half and never heard another sound. I figured the gobblers were not going to talk today ,so I might as well go home and get ready and go fishing. I went down to the West Branch Delware. I knew that for good fishing I was running late.The river is stiill running a little high ,but coming down. The turkeys didn't want to play today ,so maybe the fishing would be better. Well to make a long story short , the fish didn't want to play either. There is aways another day.

[bkln]

Most importantly, you were out there welcoming the day. That alone is worth it to see, hear and smell, that's amazing in my book. I grew up in the city and just discovering the awesomeness of the outdoors....I think I'm addicted now for good :-)

[noodle one]

Most importantly, you were out there welcoming the day. That alone is worth it to see, hear and smell, that's amazing in my book. I grew up in the city and just discovering the awesomeness of the outdoors....I think I'm addicted now for good :-)

bkin, You are so right,I agree with you 100%. There are so many people that never have taken advantage of something that is there for the taking, free. One needs not be a hunter to enjoy the rebirth of a new morning. To be there when the song birds wake up . To see the sun rise and to see the wild creatures of the mountain making their first moves in the morning, yes it is truely amazing. I have been hunting spring turkey going on 40 years now and even after all those morning being in the woods ,it still awaken me each and everyday. It is a shame that more people can not or don't want to experience it.