We hear it come over the next set of hills, muffled and distorted in the wind, but unmistakable. Gobbles. Maybe a pair of birds, maybe more.
It’s our second day of hunting turkeys in eastern Montana with Trophies West Outfitters, and, as a Missouri resident, it’s my first-ever trip for a Merriam’s bird. Our trio includes Daniel Holder, marketing coordinator for CZ-USA; and our guide, Chris Dalley, who goes by his last name only. We’ve been blind calling in a patch of ponderosa pine forest amongst rolling hills and plains, hoping to strike up a gobbler. Now we have.
Dan, whose yelping on a pot call prompted the gobbles, smiles at Dalley and me when he hears the birds fire. He has a turkey tag, too, but he left his…