sometimes yes, sometimes no. some birds are religious about patterns...some birds arent. i hunted one bird that carried like 8 hens with him daily. came through the same area every day almost down to the same minute. but they ALWAYS took a different path...i never did kill him...just always took a slightly different route. then ive THOUGHT i figured out birds...day in day out they would do the same thing...then i set up to hunt them where they ALWAYS went...and they went a different way every day...i even wouldnt call till after they hit the ground...tried everything with them birds..most likely had hens that would go take him away from me on purpose...all depends on the birds....