TURKEY, GROUSE, and a RABBIT

We had another successful trip to Tioga County. The first picture is my brother in-law Vern and his turkey. The second my son and Uncle Steve with their grouse, and rabbit they connected on. The third is Steve's son with the grouse he was rewarded with. The fourth is the turkey my son got, and the fifth is my other son's squirrel with the turkey.(both of them)

The 1/2 week started with the disappointment that we could not hunt the best grouse patch east of the Mississippi but we were to overcome and make the trip successful. Thursday morning started out with the coffee flowin and the turkey's out in the field saying game on boys come and get it. My oldest son,youngest son, and I got our hunting stuff on and took to the woods. We tried to get around the turkey's but it was not successful and we just bumped them. The afternoon resulted in about 1 1/2 mile walk with 2 grouse and a rabbit bagged. The late day hunted resulted in me chasing turkey's all around but to no avail. The second morning resulted in my son not wanting to get up so I was off again tromping but again to no avail one turkey was missed by a different hunter but for me nothing in the bag yet. As I refueled myself with cake and coffee, Vern was successful on top by the corn field. He bagged a lonely hen. The rest of the day one grouse was bagged with a 3-4 mile walk. A lot of walking for three grouse spotted, and one in the bag. That afternoon the turkeys were located again but out of range for the boys. Day three started out busting turkeys out of the roost by accident. Oh-well thats the way it goes sometimes. We went to the house and drove up to the corn field to check it out before we turned in for FOOD. With food and coffee consumption down and a few games of rummikub in, it was time for the afternoon turkey hunt to end our hunting for the week. Steve showed us where they were the night before and with the way they were pushed in the morning we decided to sit a little farther down. At around 4:30 my son took a nice hen for his first turkey ever, it was a great time for hunting as usual, and thank God everyone came home safe from a hunting trip. Two weeks until opening day of buck season. Stay safe.