We got set up on birds at daylight right off the limb.  We set up, Philip tree yelped once and the birds gobbled and pitched down and came right to us… Text book.  Too good to be true.  Jacob was filming and even though the birds got 10 yards away, Jacob never could see them.  This was one of the many birds that has come within shotgun range and got away because of the camera.

As we were walking out, we heard one gobble a ways off across a big creek.  We went as close as we could and got to the edge of the creek so we could shoot him on the other side if he came in.  We called once and he was on his way. Five minutes later we could see him coming straight to us from the left bordering the creek.  Just a few more steps and Philip would have a shot on camera.  Instead, the turkey flew the creek and circled around us looking for what he thought was the hen.  Now we were in trouble.  He was directly behind us only about 30 yards away.

We let him walk away and then got set back up facing his direction and started calling again.  He turned around and came right back in.  Philip smoked him at 30 yards.

What we learned:  Never say Never…  People always told us turkeys won’t fly creeks to get to a hen.  Maybe most of the time they won’t, but if you find the right bird that is in the right mood, he will do almost anything to get to a hen.