Well my season ended this weekend. Friday evening on the way home from work I was planning on hunting some national forest property between my house and work. As I was driving I saw a gobbler just entering the woods. I pulled over about 100 yards away and tried to "sprint" up the mountain to get in front of this gobbler. There was a rise between us so he couldn't see me. After a while of steady upward climb on a 45 degree slope I was winded. I got to the top of the rise that seperated us and started calling. Never got an answer. The next morning I woke up 20 minutes late and had to force march up the mountain behind my house. Not as steep but I was hurting by the end. No gobbles right away but I did hear one well after light. It was downhill on my neighbors property. Sounded like a jake. Eventually he moved uphill but away from me. Silence. I had a deer walk by in bow range until it got downwind. It bolted back uphill and meandered within sight for a while. Just as I was gathering my decoys I hear another gobbler down hill on the neighbors property. This time it sounds like a tom and it sounds further downhill, as if in my neighbors yard. His house is empty most of the time as it's only 3/4 finished. I tried calling him uphill but he wouldn't budge. Eventually I decided to go downhill part of the way and see if he'd try to close the rest of the gap. I took a route that wouldn't be direct so he wouldn't be looking my way. Halfway down I found an ideal setup and tried calling again. More gobbles but he wouldn't move. I think here I made my mistake and tried to move further downhill and may have exposed myself. From my next setup I never heard another response. I stayed long enough to be sure he wasn't coming in silent and then moved on. Didn't hear another bird the rest of the day.

Ouch! 6th place.

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