Turkeys and Deer Hunting

This past Saturday was the start of the PA rifle deer season and I was in my deer stand by 6:15AM waiting for sunrise. Shortly after daybreak I could hear turkey calling in the woods below my stand. The turkeys flew out of their roost and landed in the field below me.



The turkeys started feeding in the field and worked their way to my deer stand.



By 4:00PM I hadn't seen any deer all day but 3 dozen turkeys had been feeding in this field all day. At 4:15PM the first deer of the day approached from the woods and stood at the edge of the field. It was a 9-point buck and he was watching feeding turkeys and didn't see me in the deer stand. One shot and the buck was down.