Fish Eating Creek 2017
Posted: March 6th, 2017, 9:13 pm
I have always wanted to draw the special op hunt at Fish Eating Creek southern zone. Its has legendary history associated with it. This year my dream came true and I was one of the lucky 10 guys that got to hunt it opening week. So I got to thinking because this is such a rare opportunity, why not film it? So I called a good friend Shane Simpson of Calling All Turkeys. Shane jumped at the chance to go so we made our plans and the pictures that follow are a brief preview of the 2017 first episode of Calling All Turkeys.
This is our camp. All the modern conveniences of home.
I scouted two days before the hunt. the first day we learned the 10 hunt areas and then we had a drawing to determine who hunted where.
Here is buggy the FWC takes us in and out with to acess our hunt.
I drew last out of 7 that showed up first day. SO the spot I wanted got taken. BUT then after the drawing the guy that picked the spot I wanted said he changed his mind and picked another spot. I then asked if I could swap my pick and take his spot and so I ended up where I wanted to hunt. What luck! That afternoon Shane showed up and we got ready to scout the next morning.
We scouted a big Cypress head at daybreak and located two gobblers not even 200 yards into the head right off the buggy path!!
We tried to over think it but the layout dictated just go there in the morn and located them and set up right off the buggy path. We arrived in the dark and only one Gobbler was in the Cypress head. He was right where he was the day before so we got set up I did not even get a call out because I had the Minnesota State champ behind me filming. When the sun came up the Gobbler was strutting and drumming on a Cypress limb 85 yards away. We called to him to let him know we were there. Finally He pitched down and then we heard some hens. Three hens flew down and came to Shane's soft yelping and cluck and purrs. We had a Jake out to my left that Shane had put out in the dark. But this guy was strutting to the hens and I thought I was just about to shoot him when he saw the Jake. He came out of strut and headed to the Jake. I had to swing my gun back around a tree to get into position and he came into view. I put the dot on his head at 20 yards and hunt over.
This is our camp. All the modern conveniences of home.
I scouted two days before the hunt. the first day we learned the 10 hunt areas and then we had a drawing to determine who hunted where.
Here is buggy the FWC takes us in and out with to acess our hunt.
I drew last out of 7 that showed up first day. SO the spot I wanted got taken. BUT then after the drawing the guy that picked the spot I wanted said he changed his mind and picked another spot. I then asked if I could swap my pick and take his spot and so I ended up where I wanted to hunt. What luck! That afternoon Shane showed up and we got ready to scout the next morning.
We scouted a big Cypress head at daybreak and located two gobblers not even 200 yards into the head right off the buggy path!!
We tried to over think it but the layout dictated just go there in the morn and located them and set up right off the buggy path. We arrived in the dark and only one Gobbler was in the Cypress head. He was right where he was the day before so we got set up I did not even get a call out because I had the Minnesota State champ behind me filming. When the sun came up the Gobbler was strutting and drumming on a Cypress limb 85 yards away. We called to him to let him know we were there. Finally He pitched down and then we heard some hens. Three hens flew down and came to Shane's soft yelping and cluck and purrs. We had a Jake out to my left that Shane had put out in the dark. But this guy was strutting to the hens and I thought I was just about to shoot him when he saw the Jake. He came out of strut and headed to the Jake. I had to swing my gun back around a tree to get into position and he came into view. I put the dot on his head at 20 yards and hunt over.
