Snow Birds

Boy how the weather can change within a few days. My son Carson wasn’t able to come on either of our recent Idaho turkey hunts and this time he would be the only one available for this particular hunt.

 i went hunting turkeys pop blind  merriam's turkey

    Who knew there'd be 4 in. snow before dark         Fully clothed sleeping in cab of truck tonight

Carson arrived a few hours before dark and headed into the field. Within minutes it began to snow. And snow it did, by the time it was dark he had 4 inches of snow on the ground. Over night added another inch which made for a situation that he hadn’t expected.

 turkey blind in snowy trees  jake decoy in snow

                Blind hidden within the snowy trees                                  Single jake decoy sitting out front

It was morning and time to brave the snow. The moon was still in play, similar to the previous hunts days ago, which made for an easy trek especially as it reflected off the freshly fallen snow. With just one hour before sunrise Carson was off to a predetermined location. Once there he burrowed into the snow covered trees and waited for daylight.

 turkeys in the snow  turkeys in snow

            Turkeys down not too far from blind                             Awesome shot of the skyline and turkeys

Turkeys were vocal early, but were slow to cooperate. However, it didn’t take too long before Carson had two big snow birds down!

 two turkeys in the snow  ivory white turkey spurs

                         Turkey double                                                   Very unique ivory white spurs