northern missouri turkeys

[tree stand]

got back last night from a week of bowhunting turkeys in northern missouri.  never worked a bird all week.  it was cold, rainy and the birds were henned up bad.  tuesday a bird gobbled to the south of me but a hen appeared to by left and headed straight to the bird.  needless to say he did not gobble long after that.  wednesday had a bird strutting in the field 100yds away with two hens.  a coyote appeared and headed straight to the gobbler.  i thought the gobbler was toast.  he stood his ground and the coyote went right past him.  even though i did not get to pull my bowstring back i did see some strutters and found new deer trails for this fall.
  anyone else hunting northern missouri?

[kennym]

Yep! They are a bit hard to come by up here tho. No luck here yet....

[Doug S]

I saw few on my 1 day hunt. Far less than 3 yrs ago.