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Title: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: Dbrnmllr on May 04, 2011, 01:35:02 PM
Please shed some light on this?
Title: Re: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: mudhen on May 04, 2011, 01:36:51 PM
Yes  ;D

mudhen
Title: Re: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: guesswho on May 04, 2011, 01:38:47 PM
At the start of the breeding cycle the hens usually go to the Gobblers.  Later in the cycle when there are fewer receptive hens that trend changes a little and some gobblers start seeking out hens. 
Title: Re: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: bowhunter84 on May 04, 2011, 02:09:37 PM
Quote from: guesswho on May 04, 2011, 01:38:47 PM
At the start of the breeding cycle the hens usually go to the Gobblers.  Later in the cycle when there are fewer receptive hens that trend changes a little and some gobblers start seeking out hens. 
:agreed:
Title: Re: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: Reloader on May 04, 2011, 02:25:51 PM
I agree with the others.

Some toms will run to hens, but some will gobble their heads off until the hens come to them.

I've hunted toms that would gobble from the limb until a hen walked up under them before they'd fly out whether it took 30min or two hours.
Title: Re: Do Tom go to hens or vice versa?
Post by: drenalinld on May 04, 2011, 03:56:36 PM
More times than not the hens will go to the gobbler. You will experience this if you hunt much. You will be calling a lone, responsive gobbler and hear hens come to him. Many times you won't hear him again.