I still have 1 week of hunting public land turkeys here in MN and have found the birds to be very vocal and rather reluctant to come all of the way to the call. The WMA that I am hunting is made up of open rolling hills of plowed fields with woods on the roughest areas that can't be farmed. This is where the birds are usually heard. I have heard birds gobbling in a location, headed off in that direction to close the gap and discover that after 400 yards of walking that I am still 500 yards away from him as the sound carries a long distance here, and I ain't used to that.
I will continue to chase them until the bitter end.
On the other hand, I saw 2 longbeards walking the railroad together within 120 yards of where I live, right here in St. Paul. Right now I'm thinking in terms of a high-end air rifle.
It isn't over yet.
FC