Two season ago, I set up in a brush & rock pilenext to a big grass burn. I checked the tracks for a few days, they always passed from the burn to the right side of the pile. Well, the morning I set up I waited. I heard a few soft yelps from across the burn, coming my way. It was a bit too dark to see anything. I waited and everything went quiet. Just before day break, I could see across the burn...no turkeys anywhere. A few minutes later, I kept hearing a strange "phhhtttt", from directly behind me. "Phhttt"...."phhhttt"....."phhttt"...that was it. I thought it might be a "little brown bird". Again a few more times, "phhhtttt" but no "woooom". I had heard toms spit & drum before. Finally I thought "Man, that really sounds like a spit & drum, but without the drum part". So I turned to see what was making the noise...and found myself looking dead in the eye of a gobbler in full strut 10ft away. I coulda counted the ticks on his head. He saw me move, but didn't bust out. He just struttedaround the end of the debris pile. I tried to get my gun around buta tree blocked me. By the time I could slowly change position, theyhad walked out of range and intosome thickcover. I called once and got a gobbler to answer. I yelped again, and he answered but farther away. That flock was determinedto go wherever they were going.
The next day,I set up70yds away closer to where they came into the burn....I heard one hen, then yelped. A satellite gobbler snuckinto 25yds...he didn't walk out of that field that morning.