Sunday Morning

We woke up a bit earlier this morning and managed to make it to our blinds before the turkeys left the roost.  David decided to join Casey in the T5 blind as a photographer for Casey, since that blind would most likely present the best shot opportunity for the birds coming off the roost, which was only about 75 yards from the blind.  I again slipped inside the Brush Country camo'd recurve I.C.E. Blind.  As I situated inside the blind, I could still see the big tom at roost in the tree.  I reached down to get my camera, and when I looked up the bird had flown down.  The tension was thick as we watched, waited and strained to see the birds enter the clearing from the brush below the tree.  We waited, and waited, and waited. . . but it soon became obvious the birds had left the roost in the same direction from which they had entered the previous evening.  We called and waited for much of the morning, but unfortunately got no response from the birds.  Equally as disappointing, the big hog that I had seen yesterday morning had failed to return on this morning.  The only animals we saw were a couple of nervous deer that kept a watchful eye on Casey's blind in the open field.  

We finally admitted defeat at mid-morning, as Casey had to get to San Antonio for a work conference.   Casey and David went to gather Casey's homemade trail camera that we had set up at the feeder by the "Finger Creek" and then to retrieve the Swivel Limb we had set up on Friday while I remained inside my blind, hoping. . . wishing, for something, anything, to come by.  

It obviously wasn't meant to be on this morning, however, as David and Casey returned to help gather up the blinds and decoys.

I hate that we're returning home with empty coolers, but this was one of the most exciting hunts I've been on!  If you've never been bowhunting for turkeys, you're missing out on one of the most exciting bowhunting adventure's you could experience!  Seeing a big gobbler at full strut and gobbling at arm's length from you is quite a thrill.  Being able to share it with good friends like Casey and David, and capture the event on film and share it with you on a "live hunt" is even that much more of a natural high!  Thanks for coming along, and be sure to join us in three weeks as Casey and I join one of the original TexasBowhunter.com readers, and designated site mascot, Ben Stovall, for another exciting turkey hunt, followed by a TexasBowhunter.com Group Turkey Hunt from the True Love Ranch in May!

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