wholelottagobble,

My suggestion would be to try and roost him.

I messed up on what would have been my 3rd bird, which I talked about in another post. What has happened with this bird since that terrible day, is that he has been roosting about 300 yards from where he busted me, and to make it worse, on another mans' property, and I couldn't do anything about it. I have tried everything for over 5 days and can't get him closer, he just gobbles from the same area for hours. I had made up my mind after yesterday to forget him.

I didn't go hunting this morning but waited til about 10 a.m. to go to the club, wanted to dig up some wild flowers to plant at my house. On the way in I met up with one of our members , I had told him about the bird and he tried him this morning. He told me that he believed that bird was killed by the land owner or his relatives. He was working the bird and he wouldn't budge, when a gun fired in that direction, no more gobbling.

What I think they did was roost him, because the man I was talking with said he heard a 4 wheeler on the other property before daylight and it stoped about a half mile above the bird. I fiqure they had heard me working him so much and set up on him.

That's the way it goes. If you can't roost him you might be better off to go after another one.

dog1