iDoHunting.com: Minnesota Spring Turkey Report

When a brother has a tag, you help him fill it right? What about when you have two brothers with two tags hunting in two different areas? First off, let me just say that neither of my brothers need my help in filling a turkey tag. Both have plenty of birds under their belts, but it's fun to tag along and be a part of the hunt. But in order to tag along, I was forced with a 50/50 choice of which one to go with in the hopes of tagging a bird. Let's just say I chose the wrong brother.

Being that this story is second hand, I'll do my best not to embellish. After being called back to work the day before his turkey season, Jerry had a grand total of 4 hours. Yep, a few hours spanning two late afternoon hunts to fill a MN turkey tag. What he had going for him was a ton of scouting going into his season. Upon sneaking into the woodlot he was hunting, he immediately boogered 3 longbeards, but knew there were plenty more. Eventually, a bird fired up on its own, and got it to respond to his calling. The bird sounded crazy, pacing back and forth, gobbling his head off. Jerry took a gamble by moving to where he thought he last heard the bird as it was gobbling off on one of its "paces." After some cat/mouse, the gobbler came close, and he sealed the deal with a single cluck. The bird immediately broke strut and closed the distance. His 10 gauge wagon-tongue of a shotgun boomed heavy, and at 20 yards, we weren't surprised when we saw the damage. Did I mention from start to finish this story spanned the time of only 45 minutes? Life and turkey hunting is not fair.

Meanwhile, my other brother Steve and I were trying to reconnect with a bachelor group that we had seen the day before and that morning while scouting. It never did happen despite our very best efforts. We saw many hens wandering aimlessly, and have been seeing them at all times of day throughout this "E" season. This is a sure sign that nesting is in full progress with most of the available hens. It's also why the gobbling on the roost and throughout the day has been on fire......which doesn't do much good when your brothers can't hunt until 6pm-close.

Steve and I still had a great hunt, which included recovering a good set of antlers from a dead buck we found in the woods. One less rat with hooves to spoil my turkey hunt. Kidding deer guys! Jerry came over with his bird and we got a chance to re-live the hunt and watch the light fade in the western sky. We also got a chance to take some stats on Jerry's bird. BBD as Chris Walls would say!

STATS
Weight - 24lbs
Spurs - 1"
Beard - 10 1/16"

Score - 64.125 - TROPHY!