Wild turkey and moon pies

No, not that wild turkey. 

Wild turkey hunting. 

They are much more difficult to kill than one would think by watching all those gobbler-hunting movies. It looks like you sit for a few minutes, call the bird, bird walks seven feet in front of you, you shoot, then take pictures with said bird. 

Not the case on my hunt over the weekend. 

We didn't even see a turkey. 

We heard them. And saw plenty signs of their existence. Even had one ten yards away from us. But nothing to shoot. 

We hiked 2.5 miles in Friday and Saturday, in freezing early morning weather, all to come back empty handed at dark. 

Our wildlife sightings only included one rabbit we think we ran over, three elk (two cows, one with tiny nubs), a squirrel and three steers that ruined our water hole stalking hunt Saturday afternoon. 

But, we did have moon pies. Double decker, orange-flavored moon pies. 

Which I think just sound disgusting, much less the sight of them. 

Brandon, on the other hand, loved them. At one point, he held his double-decker organe moon pie in the air and said, "This takes a regular moon pie, and says, 'You suck.'" Seriously. He was that into the moon pies.   

He found them Friday night when we stopped at Bass Pro to pick up a new choke for my shotgun (To make me shoot in a "tighter pattern"? Makes sense when you're aiming for a turkey head), or self-defense weapon, as I like to call it. Conveniently, it doubles as a turkey hunting gun.

Brandon bought it for me shortly after we got married, because I am scared of the dark and hate being alone in our house at night. Which happens quite often when I don't tag along on the middle-of-the-night irrigating trips, "man weekends", and other things that take him away. 

So, he found a fairly-priced youth model, pump action 20-guage for me to keep by the bed. Yes, my youngest brother gives me a hard time for having such a "sissy" gun. But I sleep better at night.

Brandon said, "I am not getting you anything automatic. You'll probably shoot me. If you're fixing to shoot, I want to hear it."

I guess he thinks I might be a little trigger happy when I'm scared?