These kind of birds are just what I like to encounter. There are a few ways to work these birds and Maytom has exsplained one way. A few others that I use for these type of birds are,1/ The Intruder Strategy, 2/ The Wet day Strategy, 3/ The Bust Strategy

1/ Is something that works well only keep Safty at all times in your mined. This is good with a Hunting partner, Setup and Call to the Tom and answer the Hen calls with a Gobble. If your with a partner have him set up behind the shooter and you call as a hen and have your partner gobble as a tom answering the call of the hen. This can turn a Dominate tom upside down. I have killed a number of birds this way.

2/ The Wet Day trick works on a damp day. Turkey tend to head to open fields on these type of days. A setup before light in a strutting area that is well opened and wait out your game, this is a good plan. Having the right rain gear is a good idea for this type of hunting. Turkeys head for fields as the woods are noisy and feilds allow a good visioned view for the birds, when his hearing is not working as he likes. Your working on the birds senses here.

3/ When all has failed and it looks as if you have to walk away [:' (] There is one last strategy that has killed some Big Old gobblers for me. This is the Bustem strategy more of a fall Tastic used in the spring. If you have an idea where this bird is roosted ,, and you should after you have hunted him everyday trying everything, you can Bust the bird in the evening away from the hens, when it is too late for the Tom to get back to his hens he will do so the next morning. This is when your going to be setup on him between him and his hens. Most times a gobbler that has had the Bustem done on him will gobble the next day like no tomorrow...BT/
Adrian Hare
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