Putting them in your lap?

[wisconsinteacher]

Here is the question.  I have had good luck gettting birds to get within 40 yards from my set up, but most of the time they don't come right in to 20 yards or closer.  So, how do you get them in your lap.  Most of the time, I stop calling or only purr when I see a bird that is coming but 60-80 yards away.  I hunt in open hard woods and fields.  I do not use decoys in the woods when I am moving around. 

[TauntoHawk]

for the most part I dont let them so its hard to tell.. I get a clean shot anywhere between 40 and 30 its a dead bird..

[hotrod49er]

I usually put decoys at 12 -15 yds. That way they dont hang out at 40-50 yds. JMO

[jakebird]

I have to ask why u want them so much closer. Youth with a light gun? Bowhunting? Just adrenaline junkie? Lol my gun throws very tight patterns, so much id prefer my birds be outside thirty yds. Get 0much closer you risk being busted significanly more and risk a miss with todays tight patterning guns. If you can, fill us in on why you need them closer. A blind and very close decoy placement would prob do it for you, though.

[WyoHunter]

If I had my choice I'd want them at about 30 -35 yards. If you need to move there's less chance to see you and for me my shot pattern is not softball tight. As far as calling I think you're doing the right thing. If he gets to 40 yards and is standing still and looking for a hen kill him right there!

[renegade19]

I take the first clean shot that I am confident and comfortable with. 

[lmbhngr]

I like calling them in close but remember sometimes less is more. If you`re hunting in open hardwoods/ fields; stop calling. Everytime you call he`s looking for a date. If he doesn`t see that hen he`ll hang up. If you stop calling that curiosity kills him that`s when he comes looking. Good luck!!

[xm15]

If a bird breaks the 60 yard mark and stops coming he's dead.  But I'll let em keep coming to the 30-40 yard mark if they're coming on strong.  That said, most of my birds have been around 15 yards. They tend to sneak up on me where I mostly hunt.

In the woods I like to set up where they have to get close to get a look at the hen they think they hear.

Keep em curious.  I rolled one at 17 yards yesterday morning with no decoys.

[NYbassman]

You can set up for these closer ahots, I do it a lot with young hunters where I want the birds really close. Things such as setting up on a ridge top so that you cant see the bird until it is at twenty yards. There are a lot of ways you can use the terrain so that by the time you first see the bird.. He is already in tight. Nothing gets the heart pounding more than a gobbler inside fifteen steps.

[lonnie sneed jr.]

Once you know a gobbler has you location pin pointed (if he gobbles at your call he has). Try to throw your sound like it is coming from somewere else, call softer, and call less. Try to make the gobbler look for you. Soft calling will do this most of the time. Nonthing works all of the time but give it a try. Open standing shots at 40 I will take but I like them to be 20 to 25. Good luck.