I am hunting some private ground near Fort Ancient in Warren County. I was fortunate enough to have a lonely two year old gobbler come into my setup at 7:30am on opening morning before the winds got bad. He strutted and gobbled all the way in. On Wednesday I was hunting a new property just outside of Lebanon with a friend of mine. We hunted from daylight till about 9:45 and nothing. Not even a gobble on the roost. I had to take him back to his truck so he could go to work. I got back to the property at 10:15 and set up in the same spot we were hunting all morning. At 10:20 I started my calling and almost immediately a gobbler answered. I called a few more times and he cut me off. I shut up and he started gobbling on his own. 10 minutes after firing him up, he walked right to me in full strut. Shot him at 10:30. He was a really nice three year old with a 11" beard and a little over 1"sharp spurs. I am guessing he was in the area the entire morning with hens and when his hens left he wanted company. I have been seeing most of gobblers in the Warren County area by themselves during mid morning right up till the noon quitting time.
