just not quite close enough. Last night I roosted the gobbler that I missed last Sunday. He had one hen with him and roosted on the same ridge, in about same exact spot. Went in this morning, set up on his level but was probably 100 yards away or so. He starts gobbling around 5:30, 6ish he must have flown down as 50-70 yards away I see movement and for a good 20 minutes +, I watched his tail fan out as he struts in one spot the whole time! Eventually he moved down the ridge, sounded like towards and old logging trail...must have been following the hen. A little while later I moved to another spot them came back to this ridge, but set up more on the downside where he'd gone down. I had my hen and jake decoy out. Well about 1/2 hour later I hear him gobble, about 2 small hills over, and then a hen starts up between myself and him...boy was she hot! After about 5-10 minutes of crazy yelping by me and the hen, and several gobbles...I decide to go up the hill, run across the field, and come up above him on his side. I get to that side and I heard one more gobble then that was it! The hen though came right in..I intentionally scared her off, in case she was going to try to cut him from me,lol. Didn't work though, never heard or saw him again...he sounded like he was down in the woods a little bit, in a small ravine....I waited a while then moved down a logging trail....that hen I spooked took off....then I stopped and a bird in some brushy stuff under a hemlockflew off..I thought crap, I hope it wasn't him. Although part of me was/is worried it was him, I think it was maybe a hen, because I'd heard a few clucks down that way from where I'd been sitting....it was in some thicker stuff...I wouldn't think he'd be in there....and when I shot and missed him ,he ran, he didn't fly...I think he's got a few pounds to him that'l slow his take off,lol. This all didn't happen on the roost ridge so I'll be back tonight, hoping to roost him again.

Any tips?