LET ME START BY SAYING IM NEW TO TURKEY HUNTING, LIMITED EXPERINCE. IVE ONLY KILLED 2 BIRDS ONE HEN AND ONE TOM IN SIX YEARS OF TURKEY HUNTING.
MY PROBLEM THIS YEAR IS THAT I HAD 4 GOBBLERS TREED WICH SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE ALL CLOSE WITH THE FARTHEREST ONE SOUNDING LIKE 150 TO 200 YRDS AWAY. I HEAR THEM GOOD TO 7AM THEN THEY SHUT UP. AND MOVE UP THE MOUNTAIN, NEVER HEARING THEM AGAIGN TILL THE NEXT DAY.
I SET UP ALIITLE CLOSER WHICH I THINK IS AROUND A 100 YRDS. THIS TIME I TRY SOME SOFT TREE YELPS. THEY RESPOND. SO I STOP CALLING FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. THEN I HERE A HEN FLY DOWN CACKLE. I HERE THE GOBBLERS AGAIN. SO I DO A FLYDOWN CACKLE. AND ADD SOME YELPS AND PURRS. THEN SOP CALLING FOR ABOUT 15 MIN. LET OUT SOME MORE YELPS WITH CUTTING. HAVE SOME GOBBLES BUT NOT CUTTING OFF MY CALLING. SO I WAIT ALIITLE AND DO SOME PURRS HAVE SLOW REPONSE WAIT ABOUT 5MIN DO SOME HEN HELPS AND CUTTS ONLY ONE BIRD
RESPONDS.DO ANOTHER SERIES ONES GOBBLING DO ANOTHER AND NOTHING NOTHING ELSE HEARD FOR ABOUT 15 TO 20 MIN.HES MOVING AWAY.
AM I CALLING TO MUCH, DO THE WRONG SOUNDS, SET UP TO FAR FROM THE ROOST OR ARE THEY WITH HENS ALREADY? ITS MID MAY IS IT TO LATE IN THE SEASON? PLEASE SOME ONE TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO TO BAG ONE OF THOSE BIRDS.IDE LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER TAIL TO THE WALL. THANKS
