Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice story, Bill. No wonder these dozen or so turkeys adapted the preserve as their home. No guns allowed. Happy hunting, Len On May 30, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Bill Smith wrote: > For those of you who "approve of" hunting, you must know that > hunting wild turkey during the spring mating season is the supreme > experience. The most sporting way is to sit on the ground dressed > in full camo with your back to a tree and don't move a muscle while > you call (with a mouth or box call device you've practiced with for > days) incessantly like a passionately romantic hen. The normally > wily toms lose their head (somewhat like humans of the male gender) > and literally come running in seeking the amorous hen(s). > > They often go into a strut right in front of your eyes to display > their "manliness" and sometimes even attempt to mount the rubber > hen decoy you're using. All-in-all it's unbelievable performance. > Their eyesight for color is superb, but not for shape. Their > hearing is out of this world. > > Once I got into a calling contest w/ a group of real hens for the > interest of two toms who were in-between us. I would have won save > for a damn fence that kept the toms from coming close enough to get > shot. > > Bill > > > > Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > Not this time of year, the know that Thanksgiving is several > months away ;-) > > Daniel Ridings wrote: >> Leonard Taupier wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/2ff6sw >> >> How do you get close to these guys. I thought they were extremely >> timid and shy. >> >> Daniel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > *Opportunistic Image Acquisition* > > General photography: > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > --------------------------------- > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos > new Car Finder tool. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information