ok guys im just checking in. all i can say is im really struggling this year, for sure my worst season so far. this is how its been going. my first 3 days out, had guys all over the place, bumping birds, calling too much, stalking me and so on.
my 4th day out i called in 3 jakes to 10yrds of me but i am looking for a longbeard. 5th day out didnt hear a gobble or a sound. 6th time out had one coming in and he started to circle me and a hen snagged him away from me. and he never came back. 7th day didnt hear a thing but called in a silent jake to about 30 yrds. 8th day i was set up with in 70 yrds of one on the limb and after he gobbled about 12 times i gave him 2 soft clucks and he hammered me right back then about 5 min later i heard something and looked over to my right and saw an orange hat coming, dude bumped him off of roost. didnt hear a thing the rest of the morning. i have about 3 more days, we'll see how it goes. congrats to everyone who got some very nice birds.