Fun Hunt This Morning 9/23/09

Finally got to get out on a morning hunt this morning.  What a beautiful morning!  We’ve been getting a lot of rain down here in the Ozarks and I like nothing better than slipping in the woods in the early morning after a good rain.  I didn’t have long to hunt this morning (til 8:15) so I thought I’d go to the spot where there’s always some turkeys – I wasn’t dissappointed!  The only problem was that I ended up climbing a tree with my climber that put me within 25 yards of about 5 turkeys all just about at eye level.  Long story short, they picked me out once it got light and ended up flying out to the pasture away from me. 

A few minutes later a doe & her fawn come through at about 15 yards.  They ended up hanging out right below me and I was able to get a little video of the momma.  Regardless of what PETA says, we hunters do have a heart and I wasn’t about to shoot either one of these two.  You can definitely tell I’m in south missouri as this deer looks like it should be the fawn!  This vid’s not anything too spectacular and I debated about posting it, but if you’re like me, those close encounters in the woods are fun to see even if it is a doe!  Enjoy!

I’m heading to the homestead up in north missouri this weekend, so hopefully I’ll be able to get you some real video and/or pics!!