Got too aggressive - lesson learned (hopefully)

[Dhamilton1]

Had a tom hammering across a little valley from me earlier. Was trying to work him but he was getting further away. Decided to get aggressive and back track then drop down in the valley and back up the other side to try and cut him off. Wrong move! Once I got where I thought he'd come, he hammered back on the other side where I just was. Hopefully I'll learn from this. Lol

"Curiosity kills the cat but impatience kills the turkey hunt".


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[RutnNStrutn]

We've all been there and done that. It's a choice I have to make on almost every hunt. Should I stay or should I go after him? Sometimes I choose correctly but most times I don't.
I've gone after him and gotten busted, gone after him and he moved to where I was, and I've sat tight and he walked away gobbling, and occasionally I sit tight or go after him, and I score. That's the frustrating game that is turkey hunting.


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[boatpaddle]

The gobblers knee are better then mine...

I'll sit & wait on him to come or not to come...

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[guesswho]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?   

[Zobo]

You will learn from these kind of outings and you have already. You're right about impatience.

[Bagg-it Tag-it]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

Good advice

[GobbleNut]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

Does grunting and groaning trying to get up off the ground help or hurt with that tactic?...   

[guesswho]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

Does grunting and groaning trying to get up off the ground help or hurt with that tactic?...   

It does during deer season, not so much during turkey season.

[Zobo]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

     I will admit when I first read this take I thought it was a little nutty. But yesterday morning I think this exact scenario happened to me.
     I was working a difficult Tom for a long while but he just wouldn't commit. He soon went quiet and I waited for a long while more, occasionally calling, hoping he would come back. After a while more, I got up to stretch my legs, make a phone call and gather my stuff.  I looked over a small hill to my left and saw him and another coming straight at me. I was not being super quiet!
     So I sat back down and got quiet and ready and of course they stop coming! I waited a little longer and then started hitting him with cluck after cluck on a trumpet. Some simple three note plain yelps and he finally shows over the hill.
     I dont know if the sound of me leaving brought them toward me but it definitely didn't scare them off. Mabye it peaked their interest for some reason. Interesting because it certainly seems counterintuitive.

[Zobo]

This is the stubborn gobbler I shot. Finished him with the L Stowe trumpet.

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[Paulmyr]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

     I will admit when I first read this take I thought it was a little nutty. But yesterday morning I think this exact scenario happened to me.
     I was working a difficult Tom for a long while but he just wouldn't commit. He soon went quiet and I waited for a long while more, occasionally calling, hoping he would come back. After a while more, I got up to stretch my legs, make a phone call and gather my stuff.  I looked over a small hill to my left and saw him and another coming straight at me. I was not being super quiet!
     So I sat back down and got quiet and ready and of course they stop coming! I waited a little longer and then started hitting him with cluck after cluck on a trumpet. Some simple three note plain yelps and he finally shows over the hill.
     I dont know if the sound of me leaving brought them toward me but it definitely didn't scare them off. Mabye it peaked their interest for some reason. Interesting because it certainly seems counterintuitive.

Scratching the leaves can have the same effect without the need to get up and move around.

[Zobo]

     Yes, it makes sense if you look at it that way, hens scuffing around sounds. Ive always heard about that technique but never had the guts to try it. Maybe I'll try that next time, I'll skip the 6 minute phone call of course, lol!

[guesswho]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

I will admit when I first read this take I thought it was a little nutty.[\quote]



A lot of things that come out of my mouth turkey hunting related sounds a little nutty. 

[Zobo]

A lot of times the sound you make moving out is enough to get him to come in.   If I decide to reposition I do it as quietly as I possibly can.   If I decide to sit on him I'll make that same racket as if I got up and walked away and then go silent for a while to see his reaction.  I  and people hunting with me have killed several birds this way.  How many times have you sat there and he has gone silent, only to gobble when you decide to get up and or take a couple steps?   Ever wonder why?

I will admit when I first read this take I thought it was a little nutty.[\quote]



A lot of things that come out of my mouth turkey hunting related sounds a little nutty. 

At least your not boring!