Sorry for not posting back RVT. I went out to roost some birds Friday night and didn't hear a single one. The wind was picking up but skies were clear. When I got back to the house I got my gear ready for the morning but couldn't find my license. A frantic search ensued with me checking everywhere. I finally found it where I normally place it at the end of the season but something had covered it up. My National Forest stamp was expired, that day, and I had to go online to buy another. After all that it was well past time for me to be in bed.

Next morning I got to the road I wanted and some joker had closed the gate (national forest gate). I opened it up and went on up. Without a gobble the night before I was torn between two spots ( a creek and a bench) so I got set up between them where I could hear both and pull them to me. Wind was steady now and making it hard to hear, not to mention a little chilly. Didn't hear anything for the first part of the morning but heard a gobble around 8 AM coming from the direction of the creek. He didn't respond to my calls and sounding like he was moving up the creek. I was trying to decide on moving on him since past experience told me where he was going. Two other hunters walking up to the bench a few minutes later made the decision easier. I walked around the mountain to where the creek goes into a steep hollow. Before entering the hollow I called to try and pinpoint the gobbler. Last year, in almost the exact same scenario, I had got impatient in the last 100 yards and walked right up on them. A gobbler cut off my call. Unfortunately, instead of being up ahead of me in the hollow he was straight below me about a hundred yards away on the creek. I was backlit by the sun and as I tried to setup he spotted me and I saw 3 gobblers heading for dodge on the other mountain. Nothing else was seen or heard that day.

I had to come in to work this morning and will leave at lunch. It's raining and my buddy is out hunting in it. Rain possible in the AM tomorrow and nicer on Wed, 80 degrees. We can only hunt until Noon until May. Will be offline for the next 3 days. Hope to connect as the birds on the farm we are going to are unpressured and dumb.