Seasons been open for a week and had only one day that was really active. The second day of the season we had 3 toms, a jake, and two hens in the field. The hens came within 5 yds, but the others stayed at about 80 and no matter what we did they wouldn't come in. The toms were fighting for dominance the whole time but kept their distance from the hens, however, anywhere the hens went they followed, and kept a 75-80 yd gap from them. All the other days we'll get a distant gobble, or see a tom out about 300 yds. They're just not interested in anything we do. The big problem is we are on private land and where we see them the most is on someone else's property. We could set up where we commonly see them otherwise. We have 3 hens and a jake decoy, but decided today to not put the jake out. We are frustrated because nothing we do has any effect, at all. It appears to us that they aren't mating here yet but still stay close to their hens. Any suggestions? Anyone else having similar difficulties?
