BOWHUNT FOR THE RIO GRANDE
by Robert Hoague

Apr 18 - The Point

Morning: Updating right from the blind!
My morning plan was to go to the river and listen for gobbles  I got up, took a quick shower, ate some oat meal, drank some coffee, and walked outside. It was not daylight out, but it was not dark either. Going to the river would run the risk of walking up on turkeys on the way to my blind. So I went to the Point. 

The Point is in the middle of the area on the south bend of the river. My ground bind is a thousand yards from the river but normally I can hear some gobbles there -- that is, if they are gobbling. I wouldn't be able to hear faint gobbles but I had a fix for that. Pro Ears, I put on my Pro Ears and settled back in my chair. (Web site: www.proears.com)

Some mornings they gobble, some they don't, and some are like this morning, they GOBBLED! It was really cool listening to the gobblers sound off before fly down time. And just as enjoyable to hear them on the move to the south and west. They gobbled off and on until 8:05. Then I heard an occasional gobble as time passed. 

Right now it is 10:55am and it has been quiet for the last hour. When I put my blind up yesterday afternoon it was in the shade. But that shade tree is on the wrong side this morning. It is getting hot.

I haven't seen a wild turkey yet. But I did see the first buck of the year with starter antlers, in fact there were two bucks. I got pics and will put them up after I go to town and eat lunch at the Red Barn Restaurant. Today, Hulon is cooking his semi legendary BBQ brisket and sausage. But that's an hour away. Maybe a gobbler will show up in the mean time.

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