This year when I attended PBS I bought a wooden hen turkey call from JoeBuck.  I practiced with it a lot when I got home and drove my wife crazy.  Our turkey season has been open since May 1st but it has been tough this year.  We had a very warm April and the grass is high.  The turkeys haven't been in their usual spots.  It was a really nice morning today and I set up before dawn in a spot I have had good luck in the past.  I could hear some turkeys gobbling on the roost but they were really far away.  I pulled out my Wooden Hen and went to work.  I didn't know if these northern birds would like that southern accent     but they loved it.  I called in 4 birds form at least 1/2 mile.  This one was the biggest and made the mistake of coming the closest!  A Simmonds Treeshark at 5 yards works great.  Broke his spine and he was down and out. Great hunt.  

Nice  

Congratulations!

Nice shootin' Steve!

Thanks for sharin' the hunt with us!

Shoot straight, Shinken

Nice job Steve!!

Good job!

well done.

Awesome, good work.

is that a camera mounted on your bow??

Them scratch boxes Joebuck makes is sho' nuff fine. Mine worked, too.

Chris, that's a string tracker.

  Congrats! Well done!

I'm pretty sure thats a string tracker on his bow...not a camera.

Congrats!  Nice bird

Awesome! I used my Wooden Hen on these Yankee birds as well...plenty liked it including the two I missed! Congrats on talkin' southern and gettin' it done  

ha, ha . . . I knew that   !  Good lookin bird, I have to say that my mind is just completely off today, cause when I read wooden hen, I thought like a wooden hen decoy,lol.  I-need-more-sleeeeepppp!!!  

Thanks everybody.  Yup, that is a string tracker.  Set up with Guru's design.  It has worked well for me although this bird was down in sight. I know what you mean about sleep deprived Chris.  These 4 am mornings catch up with ya.

Awesome job, Steve! Congrats on a great bird and thanks for sharing the great pics!      

Congrats!

Congrats Steve...awesome job. Your wife gave me that "thanks alot" look when you got the call. Mine is same way!!!!  why can't wives appreciate a squeky squalky high whine yelp?  try out River Run in Plainfield....ask for JD..he's the owner and my old college roomate

Joey, Ive talked to you alot and there is no mistakin you for a yankee. Do you tune the calls differant for the northern guys? By the way that call looks alot nicer than mine. Not complaining but my stickers and call are still carried around in the ziplock bag they came in. I figured out a way to drive my wife crazier than the scratchbox. I'll tell you how bad it is and some of you might can relate. I been trying to get , running a mouth call down pat. My wife said why don't you just get your fiddle out and play. LOL love ya Joey.

Congrats on the bird Steve, thats a great feat and a nice call too. Don

Batman, it does not take you long to read a book or just look at the pictures like me does it?..I do tune my calls different between the blue and the grey. But i tune the striker keys not the call. On northern calls ,i use a hardwood strikers thus creating a faster note. On southern birds, i use a lot of soft woods so it scratches slower. Then sometimes i have to get more specific per states...like for example..CA..i would use only a reclaimable recycled green friendly striker wood because they are more eco sensitive.....now if i have to go city specific like for example San Francisco..well i would just use............oh gosh i better quit before i get in trouble.