I took my 11-year-old son, Caleb, on his first turkey hunt. Caleb’s first gobbler was only 70 yards away and coming-in at a steady pace. “Safety off,” I whispered. The only response was the sound of the “click.” I coached a little more. “Just let him come. Stay calm. Let him come all the way to the decoys.” I could hardly maintain a whisper because I was so excited.
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It was two hours before daylight and I was crawling into a boat to take a 20-minute ride across the main channel of the Mississippi River to hunt gobblers on an island. It turned out to be an island paradise for turkey hunting!
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It was 10 minutes after 11 when the gobbling woke me up. The tom was about 80 yards away. The next gobble was so close it caught me off-guard and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He passed only a few feet from the end of my gun and now he was too close!
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Limestone bluffs, rolling hills, savannas, whitetail deer, coyote, fox, and hawks are just some of the sights for singletrack riders within a 30-minute drive of Chicago. Check out some great mountain bike trails the next time you visit the Windy City.
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Chicago-area cross-country skiers in need of solitude need to visit the Middle Fork State Fish and Wildlife Area. Located 159-miles from Chicago, it also is the site of Illinois’ only Wild and Scenic River — the Middle Fork Branch of the Vermilion River.
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Bass pro Woo Daves may be from Virginia, but, it’s an innovation from Carolina he loves, according to GuideOutdoors fishing expert Ted Takasaki. Daves used a Carolina rig and the NO-SNAGG sinker by Lindy Little Joe to find the smallmouth bass he needed to win the 2000 BASS Masters Classic held on Lake Michigan in Chicago July 20-23.
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The word “perfect” is seldom used when one describes a turkey hunt. There are so many variables that can adversely affect the hunt. To be involved in a perfect turkey hunt is mainly luck. I had such a hunt.
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