Finally I broke the ice this year on my 8th day of hunting this season. 3rd day of hunting in Kentucky. I don't have a exciting story to tell I wish I did but not much to tell. Heard some good limb gobbling. I was set up 130 yards from a lonely gobbler before daylight. And besides him fly off and walking around the road to me a hundred yards he flew across to the opposite mountain to a hen which he prob knew by name. She gave a few soft clucks and flew down and he flew all the way over to her when I was right beside him. I gave him a few soft tree yelps to let him know I was there before she even called. He answered me but he still knew where he wanted to be. Didn't hear anything the rest of day. Went to a different spot around lunch. Seen some fresh sctraching so I sat down gave a few cuts and cackles and shut up. 3 long beards came in silent. I was nodding my head fighting sleep when a spit abd drum caught my attention. I never made a call just flipped my gun on fire and waited. Since I hadn't killed one all season I didn't mess around long. Got the bead on ones head a let the hevi shot eat. Killed him at 6pm.
11 inch beard and 1 1/8 spurs. He might have weighted 18 lbs. Small body. His crawl was completely full of food. That's not a good sign. A bird thats breeding and running hard doesn't eat much. I believe their winding down here in the area I'm hunting in Ky.
Felt good to feel that shotgun go off. Been a tough year on me.
.. I always found that May was better than april in those parts anyway..