Well I took another stab at it today. No success stories to share, but I did have a fun morning. I didn't hear any gobbling on the roost this morning, it has been rainy the last few days and was really foggy this morning. After not hearing anything, about 8:00 I walked approximately a quarter of a mile to an area where I see turkeys some while deer hunting. I had my older brother with me (who is also fairly new turkey hunter) he didn't get to hunt much this year but did manage to kill a nice bird his first year hunting turkeys which was two years ago. After moving location we decided to set out a Jake and two hens into a cut corn field. After about an hour and some calling later I heard a gobble approximately 300 yards across the field. We had a pretty good idea where he was. He couldn't see the decoys from where he was because we were sitting to high up over a hill. We continued to call and he continued to gobble for probably an hour, he didn't budge, I'm not sure he moved 5 feet. We decided that we would leave the decoys (standing - probably not a good idea) and work are way down the hill and over closer to him. We backed into the woods and made our trek. We were hidden by the woods the whole way, had to make a big half circle. We made are way over and I would say that we got to within 80 yards of him. We both sat down waited a few minutes and did some soft yelps and purring. He gobbled, we got quite and he gobbled but wouldn't budge. After another half hour past we moved again and got closer yet. We heard him gobble and he sounded very close. I have to believe that he was 40 yards or less but we couldn't see him through all the undergrowth and everything being so green. We sat down again did some softer yelping and purring. He would gobble but again wasn't budging. We waited a very long time before calling again. Next thing you know we heard another gobble. It was another gobbler and he was just a bit further than the closer. It wasn't long and we heard another gobble but this time it was way back in the direction of where I decoys were standing. The two gobblers that were closest got tight lipped. We waited and waited and waited. We were convinced that the gobbler that was closest to us had left and went with his buddy elsewhere. The whole time we were waiting, the gobbler in the distance (over by the decoys) kept sounding off.It sounded like he was in the field to the west of where are decoys were. We decided to skip dodge and go after him instead. By now it is 12:00 and we only have an hour to hunt. We make the trek back to the decoys and when we arrived to the decoys we heard him gobble. He was still to the west so we decided to continue after him. We walked slowly through the woods so that we could get to the field on the back side. We were walking with my brother leading the way. All of a sudden he stopped dead in his tracks and said there he is. He was standing and in the open field looking right in our direction.............busted. He took off the other way. I have to wonder whatwe could have done to entice thegobbler we hadclosest to us in the woods to come on in. I had thought about cutting at him but didn't like the reaction I got from an experience I had earlier in the season. You can read about that in my above post. Any ideas on what you guys might have tried with this stubborn gobbler?Being a rookie at this I'm not sure. We were so close to him I believe we would have for sure been busted if we tried to get any closer. No turkey, but I had a lot of fun and I feel like I learned a lot being in the woods this spring. Hopefully next year will be a better outcome.

Good luck to everyone still hunting. Stay safe.