4-13-2012 Fri

4-13-2012 Fri
9:00 AM – 11:3 AM & 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Weather: S 22 G 32, overcast with rain in am, 55 ˚, 30.01 falling
Location: La Crosse Experimental Forest, and Shamrock area
Bagged: Nothing
Partners: Myself

Comments

I had planned on turkey hunting the last two mornings early before I started work, but I got assigned some training that started at 8:00 AM, so my early AM turkey plans evaporated. On account of having to work Saturday, I had today off, so this would be my first day in the woods.
Since I had worked so much the past two days, I was neither ready nor prepared for my first morning in the woods. On account of this I did not get to the woods till after 9:00 AM. I did have a tom respond to my pleading hen yelps, but while trying to get a little closer and find a good set up spot I think I spooked him.
In the afternoon I went north of Sparta to a location that I had not hunted for several years. The wind was very brutal and I did not hear or see anything.

Observations:

The oak trees are starting to sprout leaves and the underbrush is quickly in the process of leafing out.