Kill story

[Bamastrutter]

The night before it had rained all night so I knew it was going to be a slow morning. Got there early, as expected did not hear a single gobble. This is a pretty big lease and there was 3 more hunters that were gone before 8:00 so that tells you how dead it was. Well as you all know You cant kill em if your not in the woods. So I hung around and made a late morning setup and did some light calling after sitting there for about an hour I heard 1 gobble. I really couldn't tell how far off it was because of the terrain. After another
45 minutes with my eyes peeled I heard some leaves rustling, he had made it all the way to me and spotted my dsd decoy. I have two dsd decoys and I used the upright hen instead of the feeding and for some reason the upright made him a little nervous. I try and face the decoys away from where i think they will approach but the wind turned it facing his way and he hung up at 35 yards. well after realizing he wasn't going to come any closer I dropped him in his tracks. On the way back to my truck I was thinking that this was the 2nd time Ive had a bird hang up because of the upright hen it might be the feeding hen from here on out.

[xarcher]

Good story.  Way to stick with it while others have gone indoors because of the rain.  Decoys are not the be all end all as you know.  Some birds come a runnin and some get cold feet.  But if nothing else the decoy gave may have been the distraction you needed to ease into position to shoot. 

Congrats

[Ontgunner]

Rainy day gobbler.  Ya can't shoot them in the house. I have had the same trouble a couple times Bama with the decoy facing an undesirable direction. I end up putting a couple small sticks near the tail to help prevent it from moving too much in the wind. A little movement was OK but to have it spinning almost out of control wasn't. Depending on the wind I put them tight against the tail or if I want a little movement a couple inch's on either side. Congrat's on your bird.

[BigHooks]

Like I sad before Bama I knew you could, way to hang in there after the other guy's left. CONGRATS on a rainy day gobbler. I've allways had good luck after a good rain. Johnny...

[FttFttVroom!]

Thanks for sharing the story with us!  I can't wait to get out there....been seeing more and more birds as the groups break up and the hens begin nesting.