Quote from: Paulmyr on May 07, 2022, 05:53:48 PM
Sometimes the best calling is no calling at all. The way you describe the situation seems to me that those turkeys were playing on instinct. In the turkey woods the Gobblers gobble and the hens go to them. If it were the other way around the hens would be gobbling. Sounds to me like they were waiting on you which is the way nature intends it to be. By sitting there calling you were reinforcing to the Toms that you were still there, you were interested, and they gobbled to get you to come on over. If you stop calling there's a chance they will come looking for you and close that distance into gun range trying to find that hen that seemed so eager not so long ago.
^Well put. To kill a gobbler you gotta get him to hunt you. As much as we love the back and forth conversation, I'm a big believer in shutting up completely once he's answered you a couple times. In my experience silence is usually the clincher to making him think he lost you and will convince him to come looking. No one knows for sure if those 2 gobblers would've come the rest of the way in- sometimes they just hang up on a hunch that something isn't right. But if that scenario presents itself again, I would strongly recommend going dead quiet. Might take what feels like an eternity for him to show up and get in range, but more times than not, he will. Just gotta stay patient and ready. Best of luck in the future!
