Easter Turkey

I've been woefully late posting an update. First, the Easter kids:


Easter was pretty relaxed - no working the weekend, and no travel. We took the kids to the zoo on Saturday, and watched the wind make waves on the field behind our house while seagulls flew past. Eventually the water went down, and it actually looks like it should now.

I had to travel to Bismarck for training on Friday, so we decided to make it a family weekend. I loaded all the turkey hunting gear into the Tahoe and went out on Friday night on a little scouting trip.

Things were looking promising when I came across a flock of turkeys. Unfortunately, the area I hunt in was flooded out so there's still a lot of mud in the fields. But, still got a neat pictures of some birds while I was driving past.



Then, things went south. I got a flat tire which prompted a quick change. By the time I got to the farm where I was going to hunt, it was too dark to scout and nothing was responding to calls in the dark.



At least the sunset was pretty after I got the tire changed.
I got the tire fixed in the morning then loaded Alison up for her first hunt. She was incredibly excited to say the least. We made the drive out to Grant County again and began the search for a turkey. We finally located a flock on the other side of the river, which prompted a little rugged driving to get across, but eventually we got there and Alison saw her first flock of turkeys that we could actually hunt. As we were stalking the flock, I looked up and saw a porcupine in the tree. Alison was pretty excited to see a porky in the wild. Heck, she was just excited in general!



We never were able to catch up with the turkeys, but it was a great time just the same.



Alison got to see a lot of animals close up - all the standard livestock, porcupines, pheasants, turkeys and a lot of miscellaneous birds - including a meadowlark that finally sat still long enough for me to get a picture.