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Old 05-05-2009 | 10:48 AM
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Absolute Giant
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Default One more day...............any suggestions?

Turkey Newbie here:
I have been hunting the last four days. The property that I hunt doesn't hold a lot of turkeys but I have seen and heard some everyday that I have been out. I believe I have seen the same two toms running together every morning. Not sure if this is good or bad but I have beensetting upalong field edges most often, getting myself in the woods just enough to get hidden. I have tried the decoys, setting out a Jake and Hen but maybe these toms are decoy shy. One morning I had two toms come in gobbling and strutting but they hung up about 70 yards. Theyeventually acted like they got nervous and started to headaway from me. Thinking maybe they didn't like the Jake decoy, the next morning I set out two hen decoys.They cameout into the middle of the field about a hundred yards from me and I yelped to give them my location. I believe they could see the decoys from where they were but just kept on going across the field. The last time I went out I left the decoys at home. About midmorning, 10:00 a.m. I got up and started to walk down a logging road. After walking about 500 yards from where I was sitting I heard a gobble and it sounded close. I sat back up against some cedars and under brush, waited about 10 minutes and started doing some calling and scratching in the leaves. The gobbler responded and eventually sounded like he was working his way toward me. After about an hour of calling and him responding he got tight lipped and I couldn't get him to answer back. I believe that he might have got hung up because of a fairly large crick that he might have been across from. Knowing this I got up and quietely moved to the other side of the crick and seated back down and started some more calling. The gobler did respond but only gobbled once. I never did see this tom. I have one day left that I can go hunting which is Thursday and it looks to be a rainy one. Any thoughts/suggestions on what I should try. Should I take the decoys out with me or leave them at home? If so what setup should I use? I don't have a strutting decoy yet just two jakes and three hens. I thought about just setting up a single hen in a feeding position. I am learning as I go. The last few days have been fun even though I haven't filled my tag. Maybe these turkeys I am seeing in the area are a little to educated although I don't think they are over hunted.

Thanks for your suggestions.
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