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So yesterday I decided to give the mountain a break due to zero gobbling over the last 10 days. I decided to go down to some game lands and flood control property that I have hunted for years. Around 9:00 I was driving down the road and saw one strutting in a posted field about 300 to 400 yards away. The woods bordering the field is open to hunting so I parked by some railroad tracks and slipped in the backside of the woods. My plan was to sit there until 12:00 making some soft calls to let him know I was there and maybe he would come for a visit once the hens went to nest. Well an hour later I here what I think is a hen coming from the direction of the road but wasn't 100% convinced. About 20 minutes later I catch movement along the tree line that borders the field and for a second I thought it was a gobbler coming in looking for me. Well it wasn't. It was another hunter putting the stalk on the strutting gobbler in the field. He was so preoccupied with looking into the field he didn't notice me at all and passed by me at 50 yards. This is the ugly part I am talking about. First off I think he was going to try and get as close to the birds as possible which is stalking. Second I was scared to move or say anything because it appeared he was so amped up he may of drew his gun on me. Third, he was walking a fine line coming down the field edge where it is posted. I know this guy doesn't have permission to hunt there and I am sure he would of had no issues shooting into the field. Fourth, I was the only car parked there so anyone using common sense would at least come through there using some form of caution but he was totally unaware of his surrounds. Never mind the fact he had total disregard for the possibility of messing someone's hunt up.
Anyhow, when he got far enough away from me I quietly stood up and backed out with a sense of relief that I didn't startle him.
Anyhow, back to the mountains for me were it's not as thick and there are less hunters. Turkey hunting can be scary sometimes on public land. You would like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt but at the same time you just never know for sure the type of people that are out there hunting with you.
Any of you ever had any bad encounters that put you on edge during turkey ? This is not the first time for me just the most recent.
Anyhow, when he got far enough away from me I quietly stood up and backed out with a sense of relief that I didn't startle him.
Anyhow, back to the mountains for me were it's not as thick and there are less hunters. Turkey hunting can be scary sometimes on public land. You would like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt but at the same time you just never know for sure the type of people that are out there hunting with you.
Any of you ever had any bad encounters that put you on edge during turkey ? This is not the first time for me just the most recent.