Gobbler clucks

[Number17]

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One time I had a bird gobbling in front of me so I was situated to shoot that way. To my left I had a bird coming in and clucking pretty loud and coarse....figuring it was a hen I just watched out of the corner of my eye.
Suddenly a red hen popped up over the top of the rise. Figuring it was a jake, I still didn't move. He worked behind me and popped up on a log with a long paint brush beard swinging from his chest.

I was in a terrible spot to try to swing and shoot so I just sat still and let things play out. Never killed either one of those birds.

[gergg]

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I have had many a gobbler come in clucking, they seem to do this when getting close to the "hen" they are searching for. I always listen for the gobbler cluck as it has alerted me many times to a silent(never gobbled) approaching tom.