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ConocoPhillips
will be conducting an Emergency Procedures/Spill
Preparedness Drill on the San Bernard River, in the area
of F.M.521 boat ramp on the morning of Wednesday, April 16.
The drill should conclude at approximately 12 p.m.
Friends Of the River
Community Center Event Friday April 18
Fishing Guide
Randall Groves
more info
here
Note from Connie
Darrell and I have an agreement- whenever he wants to
take a few days off for hunting, I do the website work, and
he promises a story and photos of his adventure, upon his
return - So, true to his word, here is the latest hunting
story, written by our webmaster, Darrell Powell !
Turkey Hunting
Darrell
Powell
I arrived at the
deer lease about 4:30 on Monday afternoon. As I was driving
to the camp house, I saw that my brother-in-law Bill was in
his blind. So I drove through the woods toward Ted’s blind.
I noticed that Bill had set up a feeder in the open field by
the big oak tree. There was a turkey hen feeding around the
feeder. I got my gun out, just in case that a tom showed
up. A while later I saw three more hens to my left in the
edge of the woods. After about an hour all four hens went
off down the dry creek toward Bill’s blind. I went to the
camp house and found out that Bill had gotten his tom with a
9˝“ beard. I ask Nolan (landowner) how long should the beard
be on the turkey I shoot. He said 8-9 inches. Glad I asked,
I came real close to shooting one that was 5-6 inches.
 I
decided to hunt Ted’s blind on Tuesday morning. The turkey
usually roost just up the dry creek. Tuesday morning was
clear, wind was from the South at 3 – 8 mph, and 47 degrees.
This time of the year you always check a blind before you
get in it. The big red wasps were taken care of with the
wasp spray in short order. 7:21 – feeder goes off. 7:24 –
3 deer come running from the north to the feeder. 7:30 – I
see 3 more deer coming through the woods south of me. 7:45
– I see 4 hens and 3 jakes (one year old jake will have 1–2”
beard, two year old, 3-4” beard, 3 year old 5-7” beard)
headed south by the fence about 200 yards away. They stop at
the corner of the fence line and are soon joined by 3 more
jakes outside of the fence. 7:55 – 2 hens are coming to the
feeder. 8:10 – hen flew across fence headed to the feeder.
8:56 – 3 jakes flew over the deer proof fence at the corner
headed down the dry creek away from me. 9:02 – gobble –
south of me. Hit my turkey call, got an answer. 9:10 –
called again, no answer. 9:25 – called again, no answer.
9:29 – Thought I saw a big tom across the dry creek about
250 yards away. It was Nolan’s (landowner) emu!! I got out
of the blind at 9:45.
Tuesday afternoon I
hunted in Bill’s blind, arrived at 4:10. 5:59- I heard a
gobble, very close. 6:01 – 4 jakes cross the fence south of
the blind and came running to the feeder. 6:20 – 6 more
jakes cross the fence and join the party. 6:21 – 3 hens and
4 more jakes come in from the north.
Wednesday morning
at 7:00, I’m back in Bill’s blind. The only thing I see is 4
deer. I got out of the blind at 9:00. Wednesday afternoon,
I’m back in Bill’s blind. Three hens came by the feeder
headed north to the roosting area.
Thursday morning,
cloudy, 63 degrees, wind is still blowing from the south at
10-15 mph. 8:00 - 7 hens and 5 jakes came in from the north
down the dry creek. After visiting the feeder, they continue
south down the dry creek. A short while later, 10 jakes and
a hen come by the feeder and then continue down the creek.
In the afternoon, they reversed and came north by the feeder
and then on north to the roosting area.
Friday morning
looked promising, it was still cloudy but the wind was
calm. But all I saw was 2 deer, 3 raccoons, and 2 hens.
During my hunting I
did see a couple of strange things. Two jakes started to
fight. Jumping in the air and trying to spur each other.
Then the smaller one just laid down and the larger one
spread his tail feathers, tilting them toward the smaller
one and walked around him for about 5 minutes. I guess he
was teaching the smaller one who was boss. The other was
when 2 hens (large one and small one) were joined by another
small hen. The first small hen took offence to the second
and started chasing her. They were going in a circle around
the large hen. The larger one never moved as she watched.
After about 20 circles around the larger one, they just
stopped and seemed to be one big happy family.
Didn’t get a turkey
this time and it's time to go home.....
One of F.O.R.'s
primary functions is to educate the public
regarding the issues concerning the San Bernard
River and it's Communities. Contact Pat Webb
pat@sanbernardriver.com to schedule a
guest speaker for your group or special event.
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