this years bird,the one i didnt shoot was about 60 yards..then the one i did shoot, i think i just got lucky, all i did was softly cluck and purr, an occassional yelp about every 45 min.....kinda just letting them know i was there.....worked though...took him about 18 -20 yards....[:-]
last years birds..well fl huntress called him in from about 40 yards, he got right next to me, gobbled, spit and drummed, he was like 3-4 feet away from me, i could of died when he gobbled,but i kept calm but he was too close to shoot, so he took off,didnt get a shot
he walked about 60 yards away and she called him back to me
.....classic hunt.....my first bird.....taken with in 20 yards[:-]
the next day i called fl. in a jake , didnt even know i called him in though...i was just soft callin' again.......she took him at about 20 yards
then the followin' weekend , i went to huntnma' s hollar[:-] and took another one by myself......now i know i called him in
....it was so sweet, he must of been 300 yards away, i could barely here him gobble, so i yelped , real loud, it gobbled back, i kept doing it, a lil' quieter each time.....he really liked the clucks, there he was circlin' from behind me.....as soon as i got the shot, i took it.....got him 13 yards away.....
wish i had more to tell , but i dont