Got up to Henshaw Friday and set-up in old cabin 13.......Starting Friday the boys started showing up.....Even got the famous Bearclaw (Zeke) and MJB (Mark) showed up.......Great food both Friday night & Saturday.......Elk chili, elk steaks, white-tail tenders provided by Fowlplay (Tom), pheasant tamales provided by Mark, and bear provided by Zeke.......WHAT A FEAST!.......Oh, and my daughter brought German chocolate cake for her and my birthdays...... 
Now to the turkey hunts.......Drew #1 at MCC and really thought we'd (Stefanie, Jacob, & I) were going to be on the X since I've hunted this spot a number of times......As dawn starts to break......Nothing......Finally right before flydown, we finally get a gobble a few 100 yds from our spot......We change locations, but nary a gobble or any evidence of turkeys......Let's go......Leave MCC and head for the private stuff......Get set-up at about 9:30 and soon get gobbles from across the valley......No visual and they would not budge. They finally just faded in the opposite direction......3 hours later with little action, I get a hit.....I have both Stefanie & Jacob get around the other side of a big split oak and start in on him.....He took his sweet time, but he finally shows up out of the thicker stuff right to the left of them both.....20 yds......Only problem was, instead of coming on down to the trail, he stays to their left. Between them and him is a big manzanita bush.....No shooting lanes at all.....After at least 15-20 minutes, he gets boarded and starts walking up and out of the area......As he does this, I can see he's going to go thru a small opening that by me rolling to the left. I would have a shot.....When he showed himself, I let fly and down he goes......Really felt bummed that Stef or Jacob didn't get this bird......8 1/2" beard, 1", beard, and 20-2 lbs.
Sunday, We hunted the same spot, but got there at dark-thirty.....Mind you these birds have roosted in the same spot for at least 5 straight days......Not this day.....Birds gobbled, far and wide of where we were set-up. After flydown and at least an 1 1/2 hours, we moved. Put a visual on 4 hens, 3 longs, and 3 jakes going the opposite direction......That was the highlight of the day......Called it at about 2:30 pm.
Hunted with friend Phil this morning......Got to our MCC spot early and never heard a gobble or saw a turkey. Packed it in early and went to a different location.....Right off, I got a gobble, but the guys on the private prop seemed to try and scare him away.....It worked.....Last gobble I heard.......Back at it tomorrow........ ;D
Now to the turkey hunts.......Drew #1 at MCC and really thought we'd (Stefanie, Jacob, & I) were going to be on the X since I've hunted this spot a number of times......As dawn starts to break......Nothing......Finally right before flydown, we finally get a gobble a few 100 yds from our spot......We change locations, but nary a gobble or any evidence of turkeys......Let's go......Leave MCC and head for the private stuff......Get set-up at about 9:30 and soon get gobbles from across the valley......No visual and they would not budge. They finally just faded in the opposite direction......3 hours later with little action, I get a hit.....I have both Stefanie & Jacob get around the other side of a big split oak and start in on him.....He took his sweet time, but he finally shows up out of the thicker stuff right to the left of them both.....20 yds......Only problem was, instead of coming on down to the trail, he stays to their left. Between them and him is a big manzanita bush.....No shooting lanes at all.....After at least 15-20 minutes, he gets boarded and starts walking up and out of the area......As he does this, I can see he's going to go thru a small opening that by me rolling to the left. I would have a shot.....When he showed himself, I let fly and down he goes......Really felt bummed that Stef or Jacob didn't get this bird......8 1/2" beard, 1", beard, and 20-2 lbs.
Sunday, We hunted the same spot, but got there at dark-thirty.....Mind you these birds have roosted in the same spot for at least 5 straight days......Not this day.....Birds gobbled, far and wide of where we were set-up. After flydown and at least an 1 1/2 hours, we moved. Put a visual on 4 hens, 3 longs, and 3 jakes going the opposite direction......That was the highlight of the day......Called it at about 2:30 pm.
Hunted with friend Phil this morning......Got to our MCC spot early and never heard a gobble or saw a turkey. Packed it in early and went to a different location.....Right off, I got a gobble, but the guys on the private prop seemed to try and scare him away.....It worked.....Last gobble I heard.......Back at it tomorrow........ ;D
