Sorry I haven't been able to post for awhile. I've been really busy hunting and studying for finals. My weekend was horrible. They were henned up like crazy. I got to hunt with guys from The Management Advantage. They shot a 29 lbs bird 2 days before I got there. They said earlier in the week there were some toms alone. Then on Thursday they henned up. We only managed to have a group of 6 jakes in range.

Last weekend we went back up there for my buddies tag. Friday was uneventful. Gobbling on the roost, then nothing afterwards. Saturday we were able to get one to gobble at 9 am. There were 3 longbeards, but they skirted our setup at 50 yards. Just couldn't get them to commit. Finally, on Sunday we had a hen inside 10 yards off the roost all by herself. We decided to move after she left. At 730 was able to get one to gobble inside 100 yards as we were walking through the woods. He came to 50 yards but wouldn't come any closer because of a ditch between us. He ended up cirlcing around us and coming in from our backside up the hill. Every call I would make, he would light up. He was drumming the whole way in. I wasn't able to get turned around to see him, but my buddy with the tag was. He could see the top of his fan every time he would strut, then when he finally came to the crest of the hill he was inside 10 yards. My buddy tried to adjust to get a shot because of a tree in the way and the bird saw him.

Hens are finally starting to go to their nests and the toms are starting to get lonely. I have tags for here at home next week and my fiance has them for this weekend. One of us should get one on the ground in the next two weeks.

Good luck to all!