I was in Bullock Co., Al yesterday waiting out some wild hogs that never showed. While waiting I got to watch as many as eight strutters at one time through binoculars. I believe there were 12 gobblers total. They were mostly in groups of three and would have their fistacuffs with each other while about eight hens were in the middle of the mix feeding . It was neat watching each group of gobblers all fanned out . Looked like a teen dance with all the gals out on the floor dancing and all the guys standing off to the side. It was when they all gobbled at the same time that got to me. Probably 60-80 gobbles in an hour or so. If I had a telephoto lens and movie camera I could have made a pretty good turkey film. Did you know that your eyes can stick to the lens of binoculars if you watch turkeys too long?
That afternoon at 4:30 I was at it again when a gobbler cut loose about 250 yds. in front of me and I got him to answer some of my crude voice yelps several times and some owl hoots as the day came to an end.
One of the most enjoyable hog hunts I have ever been on.
