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Old 05-03-2005 | 09:41 PM
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Default Tough toms??

I've hunted two toms the last three days. They are roosting in the same area each night. In the AM before light, they are gobbling their heads off as I"m setting up. Becouse of the thickness of the pines they are roosted in, I can get to within a 100 yards or so of them. The problem is, these birds will gobble like crazy before flydown, then, once on the ground zip up and go the other direction. This morning, they had hens for sure. I tried firing up the hens to get them in, but that didn't work. Once on the ground these toms will not gobble at any call, or some in to investigate. The second morning, I made a few calls on the roost and once I heard them fly down, I hit them with a few calls, hushed up and decided to wait them out. I've sat on these birds until aprox. 9am each day.

Any suggestions on what the heck i'm doing wrong or what I should try?
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