I'm starting this as hunting funny story thread, so feel free to jump on in and share your funny hunting story , everyone who hunts has one or 2
the past couple weeks i been bragging in the admin check in thread about going to bag a scrub turkey ( mallee fowl) i keep hearing
i've set out a couple times to chase him down and got no where , calling him up each time
i've gone out in rain and light drizzle and called and heard him call back and so headed of into the soaking thick scrub / rainforest that boarders the escarpment here,
i've found his calling perch and put a nice selection of grubs and bugs on it to hold him there so i could get a shot today ..
i get up there and while i'm waiting the wind comes on cold , i mean real cold for here , i'm home now and its saying 6 deg C and with the wind maybe -10 deg C , but the bugger calls so i sit there , i'm gonna have me a turkey dinner or bust , i waited 40 mins in the wind and cold over looking this small clearing he has as his call roost and centre of his territory , i here a rustle and out pops this bloody lyre bird, and straight away just up onto the dead tree log that he has as a perch and calls out a clear as anything , a scrub turkey call !
he's bloody lucky i was that ticked off with being scammed for 2 weeks i did not shoot , otherwise i'd be having lyre bird for dinner ..
so ok i been made a monkey by a undersized chook with a habit of imitation
so whats your hunting stories ??
the past couple weeks i been bragging in the admin check in thread about going to bag a scrub turkey ( mallee fowl) i keep hearing
i've set out a couple times to chase him down and got no where , calling him up each time
i've gone out in rain and light drizzle and called and heard him call back and so headed of into the soaking thick scrub / rainforest that boarders the escarpment here,
i've found his calling perch and put a nice selection of grubs and bugs on it to hold him there so i could get a shot today ..
i get up there and while i'm waiting the wind comes on cold , i mean real cold for here , i'm home now and its saying 6 deg C and with the wind maybe -10 deg C , but the bugger calls so i sit there , i'm gonna have me a turkey dinner or bust , i waited 40 mins in the wind and cold over looking this small clearing he has as his call roost and centre of his territory , i here a rustle and out pops this bloody lyre bird, and straight away just up onto the dead tree log that he has as a perch and calls out a clear as anything , a scrub turkey call !
he's bloody lucky i was that ticked off with being scammed for 2 weeks i did not shoot , otherwise i'd be having lyre bird for dinner ..
so ok i been made a monkey by a undersized chook with a habit of imitation
so whats your hunting stories ??