Most times a Henned Up Tom likes to gobble to your calls but will not come in, if you hear this and the Gobbling is coming from the same area and won't move or gobbles and seems to move off slowly, most times he is with hens and just won't leave the real thing. He'll follow around his Hens and gobble to your calls to invite you to his little group.

To work Henned Up Toms:

1/ There are a no# of ways to work these birds and One is to try to Cut him off on a travel route that he and his hens will take when heading too one of the places they spend time. ( Food ,Fields)

2/ Slapping the hen in the face with calling is another, If you can get a rise out of the Boss Hen and have her anwser you , cut her calling off with some Cutting this can make her mad and challange you to a arguement or fight, your telling her your taking over the area. Mad as she is she may come right to you to whip your butt. This is the time to be ready for a following Tom.

3/ If all else fails , try the old Fall tectnic. Bust the birds in the evening and be set up as close to the Tom as possible with out giveing yourself away to him. You may be the first hen he sees after first light.

...BT

Edited by - BOSSTOM on 02/15/2002 06:13:24