JHO Youth Turkey Hunt My Country Club 2008 The turkey gods can be a cruel...(More)

JHO Youth Turkey Hunt My Country Club 2008 The turkey gods can be a cruel bunch. They give no quarter, attacking the old, the infirmed, and this weekend a poor young youth hunter. First time turkey hunter too, totally defenseless. They put a spittin and drummin old tom 5 steps from young Alex and then yanked him away in a cruel twist of fate. They say turkeys can see you think, this tom had 4 hidden turkey hunters mentally pleading for him to just take 2 more steps and BANG!!!! His hidden turkey powers allowed him to sniff us out I think. Luckiest bird on that mountain Saturday. Alex took it like a man, hollering like a gutshot dog all the way back to the Henshaw cafe for breakfast. He asked if turkey hunting was always this soul crushing? No really, Alex was a trooper, stayin out all day both days in the cold. That's the hard part, them chilly 3 hour waits some times. I took a 2nd jacket Sunday, it was that nip. 45F it said on the truck temp gauge but there was a stiff wind that made it feel 33F. Thanks to Bill for the help, the room and the stories. Always kewl to share the woods with you. Thank you also for not bringin any of them snakes back. I hate hunting with snake charmers, they always want to show you their new friend. He made up for that by driving us over the Julian Pie Co Friday while we were scouting. Man them boysenberry/apple pies are worth dying over. Glass of moo juice and a small scoop of French Vanilla ice cream and we were in heaven. Big thanks for the Mendenhalls for the hospitality. Joel, Frank and Janice. Gary too. Big shout out to our guide Saturday, Tim Brown. He reeled in a monarch tom that no one else could fool from 500 yards. Dropped him right in our lap like a newborn baby. Bill had the dekes in a jake next to a short staked hen and then a seperate voyouer hen by the side. Why he suddenly broke strut and putted no one will ever know. I suspect a tip off from the turkey gods. Good times chasin turkey birds in the hills around Lake Henshaw. More on My Country Club where we hunted here http://www.mycountryclubinc.com/ Tim Brown also guides for MCC. You can contact him through MCC. More info about turkey hunting in our Turkey Hunting forum here http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/index.php?showforum=18(Less)