I was out there early again today. Today it was only one tom and a few hens. He was in the same spot as yesterday and I know where he is sleeping now so I have a plan for the night. At fly down, he comes out with 2 hens and a jake 100 yards away. Next a hen lands in my decoys and 2 more sail over the blind. Eventually, all the birds are 400 yards south of me in the middle of a huge field. There is not a tree around for 300 yards from them.
I watched them for 10-15 minutes when I noticed a guy coming from the neighbors with a tail fan. He walks towards the flock and they start to move away from him. He keeps coming and they keep moving towards the creek bottom. Eventually 2 hens fly away and the flock goes over the hill. The guy then kneels down on top of the hill and sits there. He is 500 yards away so I decide to break my set up down and sneak out because he cleared the field. As I'm putting the blind away, I look up to see a black blob moving towards the guy...Bang, flop. There goes my tom. All I can do at this point is shake my head and laugh because I don't know what else to do.
There have been 2 other toms in the area but I did not hear or see them on Tuesday or today (Thursday). Do I go back one more time to see if another tom is around of abandon ship and go looking for a new spot???
If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all!!!!
