To the tune of taking a particular bird's "temperature".....and doing whatever it takes to get that bird to commit......I broke ranks from my stated methodlology Saturday afternoon. I had a bird double gobbling at every call sequence.....and waited......and waited......and waited. Nothing. He'd respond every 20-30 minutes to my calls....and was shock gobbling at almost any sound.

I finally made the decision to get aggressive witht his bird. I called to him every time he responded....which was almost every sequence. He got fired up and eventually showed himself........appearing out of the woods about 60 yds to my right. He would never come any closer. He stood there in full strut gobbling.....but wouldn't commit or cover the ground to get into bow range.

I'm certain he could see my lone hen deke.....and I wonder if I didn't choose the wrong decoy setup for this particular bird.

WHo knows?