Last Monday had a guy bump the bird I was set up on off the roost at 6:30!!!! Had another guy set up about60 yards away from me and acted like that was fine and dandy, nothin wrong with it!!, but yesterday toped it all off!!!!!!
I was set up by a power line path, big, open, mowed path that the birds have been heading toward shortly after flydown to strut untill the hens get there. Well, Im the only truck parked around there and I pulled in an hour and 15 min. early to check and make sure. I have 3 toms roosted from 100-about 80 yards away on the side of the ridgethat Im on the top of,gobblin their heads off! 178 gobbles between the 3 just on roost in about 15-20 min. It was awesome! Im givin little tree yelps and they are just eatin it up!!! Double gobbles and one tripple. I shut up untill flydown and cut into em on the slate cause they flew down away from me toward the bottom of the ridge. Im callin with the slate and my mouth call to sound like multiple hens and here at least one comes.
I got him on the way. Goes from about 125-130 yards to about 80 and BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some other yahoo sliped inbetween me and the bird or came and set up in between us well after I started calling. Unless he hiked all the way up in there without a truck that mornin, he came in after I did!
Im tired of public land huntin. I need to find some private property to chase birds on.