Isaiah 41:10 - "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
This turkey season I tried something that I have never tried before. It was a week of bad storms, water was everywhere and on this particular day wind gusts had reached the forties. My wife called and said that she was going to a friend's house for a while and her parents had the kids so that gave me a free hunting pass. Even though conditions were not conducive to calling up a big weary tom I knew there were birds on the property, so like any obsessed hunter I went and set up. I started on one of our food plots where I had seen birds in the past. I called for about twenty minutes or so trying to get in a few yelps between the gusts that quite literally felt like they were going to blow me over. After no sign nor sound of any bird I picked up and moved on down the wood line doing the same thing and receiving the same results. So I moved a third and what was going to be a final time for this hunt. I set up just in side the field edge and started calling once again. After just a short time I had some hens making there way toward me and then I noticed some more turkey shapes heading through the woods toward the field about fifty yards off. I made a few slight yelps and in just a matter of minutes three gobblers made there way to within ten yards. I couldn't believe it; I harvested a bird and found success in what seemed to be the most adverse and unfavorable conditions that there could be for turkey hunting.
In scripture we are told that we will face trouble, that we will face adversity and that our conditions will not always be favorable but we are not to fear or be dismayed that our God will strengthen us. He will be there to help us, Hebrews 13:5 tells us that He will never leave us nor forsake us and in John 16:33 that our peace can be in Him because He has overcome the world. Even in the most adverse conditions we must continue to put out the call and know that He is there, standing by us and through His strength we can stay persistent and be successful as we help reap harvests for the kingdom.
Sportsman's Tip- Many times during a rain you can find that weary tom on a field edge. Take advantage of the weather and the wet leaves. Take your time and you can slip in close. Make a few slight yelps and often times you can pull him in for a shot.
Wade Kendrick
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