Thankfully the rain held off pretty much until we got in and got the blind set up.. shortly after that - the sky opened up and that was the order of the morning...rain..wind..more rain... more wind.. deluge..aha..temp is dropping...but everyone stayed in good humor and we had a great morning..wet, but great

The boys can give you their version when they log in ..Forgive the image quality - it was tough shooting this am, shooting well before daylight as well, no use of a flash, ugly light..pouring rain... so...... :rolleyes:

~ 0515 - Gotta start with a little planning and strategy meeting.. ;)

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~ 0630 - get the decoys out.. ..just starting to sprinkle..

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0645 - Bob hunker's down to call noting that if "this rain gets much worse, you're making room for me in there!" To his credit.. Fearless Leader stayed in place throughout it all and never made it into the blind...gotta love gore tex eh?;)

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In the blind w/Scott and his son..

one more little lesson from Dad..
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about the time we could see the birds had gone long silent..I heard a small voice say..."this would be a good time to take a nap..."

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Packing things up to try a different spot...

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No where near ready to give it up LOL
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Bob spied a gobbler and three jakes.. so we dropped everything set down right where we standing..

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Bob watching the gobbler pause and merely tease us before turning around and heading out..
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`0940 - Trudging back ...sadly - soaked and empty handed both.. too much of deluge to be able to do much..

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last but not least.. wring out our gloves.. everybody's were literally dripping ...
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Thanks for inviting me along guys.. hopefully we'll have better luck tomorrow, and I'll be posting two happy boys with big birds tomorrow afternoon :)

Those were some die hard hunters and die hard guides. Better luck tomorrow fellas...

Look like a great time. Its all part of the hunt. Way to give a 110% and set a good example for the younginz..:cool:

yesterday rain - this am blowing wet snow.. only in SILO...LOL

Should be a little easier tracking them with the snow today, right? :D Great pictures. Gretchen, while the experts would complain about that first one's lighting, personally I like it because it gives it more of the feel of being there. If you'all do go out again today, good luck.

I was running around with short sleeves 2 days ago. What happened? :eek:

we went out but no birds oh well

Life - we didn't even see any Turkey tracks in the snow LOL .. I don't know if LaFore did or ..
here's a couple pics from the snow episode.. not many photo ops either day ....
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Great story and pic's G.

Thanks Mdoc.. it was wonderful to be part of this with the boys. I just wish the weather would have been a little better and we would have had a few more photo ops.. preferably a trophy gobbler for each of them.. heaven knows those two earned it going out in that weather!

Great shots G, shame the weather was so bad for the youth season. I hope they both get a big ol gobbler next time out.

Great Shots, the first is my fav simply because it reminds me of every morning heading out to waterfowl hunt out there.

The ones with Scott and son are great too.