After a long off season, it is finally arrived. The Indiana gobbler season opens up tomorrow morning. A lot of guys and gals from around the state will become sick tonight which will not allow them to make it to work tomorrow. The sickness is not the likes of a cold or headache. It is from the lack of not being in the woods hearing a Thunder Chicken let loose on the roost before sun up.
The season in Indiana is special to me. There is something special about sitting up against a tree on property that you have scouted hard and hunted countless of times. The Indiana gobbler season is where I first bagged my first turkey. He was a young bird with an attitude. He was not happy to see an "intruder" with some of his girlfriends. As Autumn and I sat and watched him come running across the field towards are set up, the excitment began to build. A couple seconds later as we celebrated a nice JellyHead, the "shakes" hit me. That scene has replayed in my head the rest of the year, and now a new season has arrived.
Thise season my main goal is to get Autumns first bird on film. It will take a lot of hard work, but work I am more than willing to put in.
To those of you who are getting ready for your opening day, good luck. While out take a minute and just take in your surroundings. There is some magic about an early morning in the spring. The woods are coming back to life, Gods creatures celebrate the gift of a new day, and we are all there to witness it. If you are lucky enough to bag a bird consider yourself lucky. But it not, enjoy the chase. It is what we have all been looking forward to.
Be safe this spring and when given the opprotunity Bustem'!
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