strange hunt

[dutch@fx4]

I hunt tobacco land in southern Ontario Canada ,we have sand fields with gullys running for miles ,,tons of deer and turkeys ,any ways I got set up on the edge of a corn field on the edge of the gully and soon enough I have a tom going in behind me about 50 to 60 yards this is great as thy can be anywere long the gullys ,I put out a feeding bobble head hen and wait for a bite he just keeps gobbling his head off ,Soon I see six hens fly down about 150 yards away so I am between the tom and the hens ,great ,a few light calls and the hens are coming 4 of them come right in to the decoy and hang out for almost one full hour ,thy were carrying on like crazy chest bumping flapping there wings and just being hens mean while the tom just stays in his tree gobbling like crazy .one hen had a short beard but she got a pass as I was expecting the tom to come flying out of the bush any second ,but he never did he just stayed in his tree till about 730 ,finally the hens work off the field and the tom  goes the other way ,like really .....it should have been perfect we have a ton of leaves on the trees so there is no way he seen me setting up in the dark ,it just does not figure ,,Dutch

[Spitten and drummen]

turkeys being turkeys. sometimes I think they don't know what they are gonna do themselves until they do it. hang in there. a crazy hunt can turn into a great one in seconds

[TauntoHawk]

Had a bird stay on the limb til 9am gobbling his head off this year. They will certainly make you scratch your head sometimes

[dutch@fx4]

lol scratching my head all right ,with 6 hens and a decoy all going nuts and a tom sitting on a limb 50 yards away you would think he would have wanted to join the party ,,was thinking I should have tried a gobble call but I did not have one with me ,,it may have got the tom to come in if hey though there was another tom around the girls ,,go figure ,,turkey hunting is a learning trip everytime out Dutch

[guesswho]

You don't reckon he heard some commotion before daylight and then saw this motionless hen (decoy) in the field as soon as it was light enough to see do you?    And it stayed there almost motionless except for it bobbing its head up and down.  They survive by instincts.   He doesn't have the ability to sit there and think.  But I think he woke up to unnatural sights and sounds and his survival instincts kicked in and told him to sit tight where he's been safe for the last 10 hours or so.    But you might do the same set-up the next day and him pitch right in front of your gun. 

If anything triggers suspicion on his end, chances are good that his patience will out patience your patience. 

[crappieangler]

You don't reckon he heard some commotion before daylight and then saw this motionless hen (decoy) in the field as soon as it was light enough to see do you?    And it stayed there almost motionless except for it bobbing its head up and down.  They survive by instincts.   He doesn't have the ability to sit there and think.  But I think he woke up to unnatural sights and sounds and his survival instincts kicked in and told him to sit tight where he's been safe for the last 10 hours or so.    But you might do the same set-up the next day and him pitch right in front of your gun. 

If anything triggers suspicion on his end, chances are good that his patience will out patience your patience.

More true words have never been spoken....especially the last two sentences.