Good question, and I'm sure that this one will get many responses as well. Each hunt is different. I'm sure we tried almost everything at this particualr moment in the morning. Like BB mentioned, if you call too early, it's a 50/50 thing. Some birds depending on how "hot" they are will flydown asap and work right in, and some will hang up in the tree till almost 9am!!! WE all love those flash-in-the-pan hunts but, more often than not these days, he will be near hens, and I have found that hens will fly down while it's still pretty dark out and start slowly working into the gobbler. If you know which way they will be headed after flydown, I would in this situation, set up as close as possible but in the direction they will head for. How many of us heard that familiar gobble early in the morning, get set up, let him know we are there, only to have him go off in the opposite direction!! HENS, are getting to be a real pain in the rump, there is simply way to many of them. The last three spring seasons the toms were henned up right to the very last day. They are a factor that we now have to deal with more often than not. I forgot what it's like to set-up and have a hot gobbler run right in!! HENS, did I mention HENS!!! By all means, shoot them if you can each fall season, just to try an make "your" spring hunt less stressful!! LOL!!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
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