PANIC ENDING to Kentucky Turkey Season!!

Gary Logsdon · May 01, 2013, 12:57:00 PM

Well, I filled my second Ky spring turkey permit this morning but only after having a panic attack!!

A nice longbeard and his gals have been roosting downhill from my blind on a hardwood point. A few mornings ago I became impatient (hearing no gobbling) and left my blind too early ... managed to spook hens that saw me crawling out of the blind as they entered the field to feed. Of course after they flushed back into the woods I heard HIM gobbling as he following them AWAY from me. Decided to let the spot rest a few days before screwing up again:^).

This morning I was running late as I sneaked into the field. The birds were ready to pitch down for their morning stroll upward but I knew that my blind was in a great spot, problem was the blind was no longer INTACT when I got there! It had been visited by the local herd of snooping cows. Three rods were broken and the front was literally ripped to threads!!! To top it off a huge pile of cow crap was IN the blind with my folding stool (no pun intended) stuck in the middle of it. I could hear the birds on the ground and CLOSING. Quickly digging my Shaggie suit from my backback I hastily began tying it to anything in site in the hopes of "patching" the front wall which was no longer there.

The first hen was in the field and closing on me as I tied the last bit of Shaggie to the broken rods. A second and third hen appeared and then the old boy himself. Somehow I managed to combine a dose of desperation and a good amount of luck into the next few seconds ... check out the photos. Talk about "gobbler fever"!!

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rastaman · May 01, 2013, 01:01:00 PM

Way to go Gary! Awesome pictures as usual!

DEATHMASTER · May 01, 2013, 01:01:00 PM

Enjoy your pictures and stories.
Congrats

Cyclic-Rivers · May 01, 2013, 01:05:00 PM

Well Done Gary. As always Great Pictures. Sorry about your blind. I guess those cows showed you what they thought of you hunting their pasture.

Gary Logsdon · May 01, 2013, 01:17:00 PM

That blind has served my son and I well. Its time to scrap it for spare parts and move on.

May 01, 2013, 01:22:00 PM

That's the way to improvise!

Congrats on the bird!

Bisch

Wannabe1 · May 01, 2013, 01:30:00 PM

Gary, congrats again and excellent photos as usual. Thanks for sharing.

Dirtybird · May 01, 2013, 02:22:00 PM

Nice bird Gary

rjackson · May 01, 2013, 02:44:00 PM

Nice hooks on that bird...

Randy

Jayrod · May 01, 2013, 03:32:00 PM

Congrats Gary way to close the deal after a screwed up morning!!!

lt-m-grow · May 01, 2013, 04:02:00 PM

Congrats...that picture of your blind is priceless...

You are the Macgyver of turkey hunters...

Interseptor · May 01, 2013, 04:41:00 PM

Congrats Gary on a fine gobbler! And thanks for the information you gave me on hunting turkeys with the bow. Really helped me shoot my first bird this year.

Yellow Dog · May 01, 2013, 06:43:00 PM

Gary, love it. Them Turkey birds are made for a stickshooter. Well done.

soy · May 01, 2013, 08:16:00 PM

Shinken · May 01, 2013, 08:26:00 PM

Good work Gary!

I know what you mean about getting fresh cow dung on your stool! It's disgusting....

Nice pics!

Enjoy the feast!

Shoot straight, Shinken

sheephunter · May 01, 2013, 08:42:00 PM

Congrats!

RC · May 01, 2013, 08:52:00 PM

Good job. Enjoy your pics always.RC

TimDougan · May 01, 2013, 09:29:00 PM

Friend · May 01, 2013, 10:01:00 PM

Excellent job...congrats...

Had a cow in Nebraska this spring stick her head thru the blind window and was merely inches away from my cell phone that was lying on the ground.

Gen273 · May 01, 2013, 10:25:00 PM