Spring Turkey 2014: Part I

This Spring Turkey hunt was the most challenging hunting I have experienced since beginning the sport. Tons of turkeys have been coming to Darcy's field over the last few months and we knew there were several Toms and some Jakes in the area. With the scouting finished, I knew we would have a good chance of tagging a turkey, but after opening night I knew right away it would not be as easy as I hoped.

First night out was pretty exciting. Matt and I sat in a blind we had set up at Darcy's. There isn't a lot of coverage in the field so a ground blind works really well for us. It was pretty windy and we had a Tom decoy set up and a hen. The wind was so bad it blew the Tom over so Matt decided to try sneak out and set the decoy up before any birds entered the field. Of course as soon as he leaves the blind a Jake appears straight across in the bushes. Matt was busted and he ran away. I figured that was all we would see for the night.

Soon after some hens came out and were feeding, we watched them with no sign of any beards. After calling for awhile longer we finally heard a gobble. A Tom came out and headed for the hens. These turkeys were about 75 yards from our decoys. The Jake appeared again a little scared of the Tom he didn't get too close to the hens. Matt got a neat video where you can see the Tom kick the Jake out of his way. We tried to call the birds in, but there was no separating them and the hens definitely weren't interested in our decoys. That was it for our first night of Spring Turkey hunting in Ontario.