RE: agressive vs. passive...which style for you
I'm not sure how to define my style. I cover lots of ground, but when I find a gobbling bird, I hang on like a pit bull. Got a chuckle from the fellow who talked about leaving slow-working birds to get a hotter one. Wish it were that easy in the mountains I hunt. Leave a gobbling bird here, and you might go a day or two before finding another. Then again, you may find one 10 min. later, but that's not a chance I'm willing to take. I'll stick with the gobbling tom.
I like to call a fair amount, but try to keep it fairly soft, saving the loud & obnoxious stuff as a potential ace-in-the-hole.
I do like to get close on setup, at least in the morning. 100 yards is nice; 75 is even better if I'm really feeling lucky. I back off quite a bit on setups after they're off the roost.
Used to move on toms quite a bit while working them, but I've been burned enough the last few years to consider staying put more often.
Guess I don't know what style I really am. What do you folks think?