it was an exciting hunt. i never had one that fired up that close...usually they are being carried out by the time they are THAT fired up.


i didnt light him up heavy till he was on the ground for about 5 minutes....i did that figuring he shut down because he had hens already so i got agressive trying to fire them up....but i see exactly what your saying and what your mean...

im generally the same way with clucks and raking leaves. its a killer technique.



went to 4 or 5 different areas this morning to listen...not a PEEP! thought i heard one wayyyyyy off from my first spot, which is why i went to the other 3 or 4 spots. at the last spot i got out and sure enough the woods were exploding with gobbles. i grabbed the gun and started moving towards them...they werent 150yds away just up a small hill. atleast 2 gobblers but i thought i heard more than that...

thought the closest one was heading left so i headed farther left and got infront of him and setup...i know i know dont bother trying to call down hill...but ive done it with the right setup...and in seconds i found the right setup to try call him down hill...i was pretty much between 2 birds...but the one i was trying to get infront of was coming hard and fast to the hen that was yelping by the gobbler up behind me. i didnt even get a call out yet and i could hear him 40yds infront of me. then i watched him hang a right and keep gobbling. he stood on the driveway i walked in on and gobbled(couldnt see him) took a while but him and a hen walked up the driveway to the bend and into the field...all the birds i heard about shut down...i could hear live hens everywhere...

think i'll be back there tomorrow since i went unnoticed...i did make some soft calls but when nothing responded i waited a while and snuck out...figure i'll try to preserve that spot and get there before fly down next time...

hens are bad this year...i drove around after that and the fields are loaded with birds...think i saw 5 longbeards..all strutting and countless jakes and hens. i wont bother with the birds once they hit the fields...they dont budge...why move when the field got hens and food