Free Write 4/2/13

This weekend is youth turkey season. My brother is to old this year or I would be taking him. Instead I am taking one of his friends. I want him to kill a nice turkey but I don't want him to kill the biggest. I'm sure that's selfish but at least I'm taking the kid to my spot. It's my grandpas property that I'll be taking him to. It's got a mixture of river bottoms, and large hardwood timber, they are doing some logging down by the river but I'm hoping there will still be birds out there. I drove by last night and saw three toms all by themselves without any hens so if I get on that group it should be pretty easy to call them in. For my turkey hunting is about fooling the old tom, calling him into your set up without him busting you, don't get me wrong I like to shoot them as well, calling them in is just more of my passion. The turkeys may not be roosting on his place but in youth season you can hunt them all day so at some point during the day I will find one for him. The only thing I worry about is his gun not performing like it should. I know how my gun will shoot therefor I know all my distances, but since I have never seen his gun, or seen the pattern and the way it shoots then I'm just going to cross my fingers that it will kill one out to forty yards in case the bird hangs up or something.