I managed to find some cooperative gobblers yesterday morning and got enough material for a podcast. Enjoy

First Time Back

This is a bit of a milestone for me. Last year, I got diagnosed with Cancer right before season started. I scheduled Chemo for May and managed to get out and bag a bird-- be damned if I was going to let it interfere with Turkey Season. Anyhow, I'm clean, I'm recovered (mostly), and I finally made it back out to the Honey Hole for a podcast.

In case you're wondering. I killed The Virginia Rambler last April, and this is the new incarnation of that bird. It's funny, but over the years, I find pretty much that the land dictates the bird. For two decades, I've been chasing a bird that roosts out a nearby ridge (Virginia) and if I manage to attract his attention, he invariably takes the long way around, following the road that leads right to my blind. Some years, The Virginia Rambler wins. Sometimes, like last year, he came a little too far along the track in search of that mystery hen.

This year's version of the 'Rambler was probably henned up and went quiet after flydown. However, season opens in a couple of weeks. My guess is he'll still be there.

Thanks for sharing shaman. Love to hear bellowing easterns down in hollows.
Most importantly congrats on beating cancer!

very cool, thanks

I was out this AM with the Mic, but it was too windy to get a good recording. I had a gob and some hens come in on me. I had to lay low to keep them from seeing me.

Too bad, too. #1 Granddaughter was out with her Dad over on the next ridge. It was the Yute Opener this morning. I wish I'd had her and the shotgun along. We might have been able to score.

Here's the story:

Mooselette's Yute Hunt

I like it !!