A Surreal Turkey Hunt

[jusputtn]

So I'm out in the southern zone today w/ a 12 gu. loaded with #6 turkey loads. Do I see a turkey, nope, not even any sign of them....but the deer were rutting up a storm.

1st event: while taking a break sitting on a log in some thick stuff, I notice movement to my left. I turn my head and see a deer about 15 yds away. He scoots off a few yards and I can see it's a spike. So just to mess with him, I grunted with my voice. He starts circling me, head bobbing with a little stomping, until he catches my sent.

2nd event: about 15 or 20 minutes later, I crest out on a bench and sit on a log in open hardwoods. Again I notice movement to my left, this time its a nice buck at about 25 yards. He starts to circle me doing a little bit of the head bobbing thing. I clearly counted 10 points, his G3's were about 2" long, his rack spread about 2" past his ears on either side. Eventually he catches my scent and scoots back the way he came.

I really think that both of these bucks heard me walking quietly and were thinking DOE! They came to me.

The rest of the day was more ordinary, saw a 3 pointer with his nose to the ground at 60 yds, and jumped a few unknowns farther out though the last one was a buck with a good rack that had bedded in the hardwoods.

Meanwhile, my buddy bow hunting on the same property didn't see a single deer.

[cbx46]

you should have stoped attracting all the bucks hahah maybe you stepped in a puddle of deer urine on the way out.