Back at the camp. Drove in last night to find busted pipes. Par for the course I guess.
Got up this morning to go listen.
At the first spot nothing was heard. Pulled up a half mile and got out the truck and I could hear hens tree yelping. Sat there for a bit and heard the gobble. Mark the spot and drove to the spot where I heard one last year. Yup he’s still there. Walked the other way about 400 yards and had another gobble. Not sure if same Tom but I will take it. Drove to an atv trail and launched my e-bike. Went 3 miles to a lake not seeing or hearing anything. Did come up on a set of Tom tracks in the mud. Got back to truck and driving out the road I stopped at some pipeline in the woods. Thought I seen something so I stopped and got out to put binos on it. Sure as shit 2 Tom’s and 3 hens. Snapped a pic.
Pic was around 4-500 yards away. Snuck out and crossed the road to see if anything was across on the other pipeline. Nothing was seen but as I walked back towards the truck a Tom gobbled. One on one side and two on the other, looking promising. Drove down the road to hit another area. Took the bike a mile or so and didn’t hear anything. Came back to the truck and went down the other way about a quarter or so. Sat there for a second and boom, one sounded off right there. Left there and went down a good ways to another atv trail. They are closed to atv but can take a bike. Drove in about 3/4’s and there was a Tom in the road around the corner. He busted and ran into the woods. Drove another mile w nothing else.
I had one more spot to check out and it’s way back. Long bike ride and nothing was seen until I got to the end. A turkey ran into the woods, not sure if Tom or not but looked like it as it was 500 yards down from the T in trail.
Came back to town to get pipe and fittings. Stopped at the gas station for something to eat but was sold out at 12:30.
Might go fishing on a lake for crappie and listen for a bird or maybe hear one fly up. Waiting on a buddy to see if he’s getting off work early enough.
Tomorrow I will check out another area.