Nice morning for a walk in the woods.

[petey]

Yeah, I've been talking to a lot of people. Birds are shut up, lots of pressure...same old same old. It seems even worse this year. Probably b/c there are so many people laid off..what else are they going to do besides hunt turkey.

And the hunters these days don't seem to have the same manors as they did 10 years ago. It's nothing for someone to pull right up next to your truck to hunt the same bird. This isn't deer hunting...I was raised on first come, first serve and I do my homework to have enough places to go if someone beats me to a spot....times have changed I guess.

I feel fortunate that fellow turned around after he saw my truck in this day and age. People aren't doing their homework or they just downright don't care if you're their first..and they don't give a second look at a posted sign or KEEP THE HECK OUT sign.

Anything to kill a bird I guess...I'm more about the experience, but want it without having another hunter jump in on me. If it was about killing, I would have whacked the first group of jakes I called in on day one.