I think it was because he had been shot already earlier in the season.I guess bushwhacking is the only way to get a tom like that.[8D]You're right though bob,turkeys can be fickle.I think now I should have set close to where I had seen the hen,and put my decoys out,and just waited,no calling at all.I'll bet he would have shown himself around there.I can't beleive I didn't do that.It was in may,and our turkeys started gobbling back in Late feb.Our season came in around the last of march,so he had been hunted pretty hard by some others for over a month.I know,Usually in late season a tom will go close to hens nests to get them up,He may have changed his roost sights,but his destination was the same.I'll bet he was coming to that hen I saw.I think you hit the nail on the head.I wish I had it to do over again.Oh well...Thanks bob!