Bobgobble, I'm like you, I like the challenge of one thats plays hard to get, I would rather work one for 2 or 3 hours and not get him as to have one come in on the hard run and get him.

I guess one of the gobblers I got last spring was one of the toughest, I fooled with him for about 5 days out of our 3 week season and it came down to just a couple of days left. That morning he gobbled about a half mile away, by the time I got to him it was starting to get daylight and I had a creek between me and him and nothing I could do about it without him seeing me, so I just settled in and waited to see what direction he wanted to go, about 15 minutes passed after he pitched down and he did some gobbling and wanted to go wonder way, so I circled around him and set up in an old logging road in the direction he wanted to go. I had 2 decoys out, a hen and a jake set up to my right about 30 yards away. He gobbled good at my calls and about 10 minutes I saw a red head sneaking up the ridge to my right but out of range, I had the decoys out in the middle of the old road and he got a glimpse of them and I mean he left there like a scalded cat, right back over to where he was roosted, so I waited about 30 minutes and he gobbled finally, so I headed back over his direction, that time I come in from a different direction and got on the same plain as he was, that time I left the deeks in my vest, I had him about 75 yards out with a real brushy patch between him and me, I called to him and he would answer but not move a step, I took out a real raspy call and called one time and that done it, he finally stepped around the brush into the open, 53 steps from my tree, after about 3 hours and 3 set-ups on him that morning and several other set-ups earlier in the season he was finally mine, now thats the kind of turkey hunt I really love. I did pull my cap off and give thanks there on the spot. He weighed 20 lbs. with 3/4" spurs and a 9 1/2" beard. One of the best hunts ever.







Edited by - strut on 02/09/2003 17:34:11