The season just opened here today. My son and I went out last night and roosted two long beards, a couple of jakes and a couple of hens last night. We were there almost an hour before shooting time (shooting time is 1/2 hour before sunrise). I wasn't 100% sure which trees they were in, but I thought I hada pretty good idea. We set up our decoys and sat down to wait. About 20 minutes after wesat downthey started gobbling and they were CLOSE. One jake was in a tree that must have been no more than 30 yards away.They gobbled for nearly a half hour and then flew down.I tree called twice in that time.When they finally flew down, they ignored my calls and went the other way gobbling as they went. Is it possible that they knew we were there and that's why they went the other way, or do they always bust out of the tree when you get too close?

I would never have set up that close if I'd have known exactly where they were, but once we got settled in and they started gobbling I thought we were OK.

Thanks in advance for the information.