RE: advice needed
I' d go after the inconsistent field birds, but I' d try to set up near where they enter the field, if at all possible. If they fly down into the field from a roost site along the edge, I' d try to roost ' em the night before, though, as you note, a lack of response gobble may not assure their absence. If they walk in later in the morning from a long away roost site, if you have their entrance to the field covered, you can nail one before they get out in the field and that way you can avoid the risk of a mid-field hangup. Even though they were not there yesterday, from what you tell me of the options, I' d prefer the strut zone of two days ago over a heavily pressured area or a spot where you might have killed the only tom. I' d be sure to put out a hen decoy or two, however, and (you decide) probably not a jake, unless you have one of those passive jake decoys.
This time of the year, you must be getting into the secondary gobbling peak and any redheads (jake decoy) might spook a gobbler, unless he thinks he is the dominant gobbler in the area and wants to fight. Even the dominant gobbler might decide to avoid a fight, this time of the year, though, which is why I would be hesitant to put out any redheaded decoys. But I didn' t see what you saw two days ago, so I can' t tell you if the toms are still aggressive. Tie some monofilament fishing line to your hen and give her motion from time to time.
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