I hunt this bird from first light , until noon , after about 8 he will shut up tho , and after about 45 minutes after his last gobble i will move spots and try to call him in again.... Later in the day sometimes a fast agressive cut will get him to gobble once maybe twice , seems after thehens go to nest.... but he will only gobble once or twice , to show me where he is it seems , then i close in , and sit call the rest of the day sporatically , somedays lesss , some days more , tryin to mix it up , but if i ever see him , its usually in the early morning , after he goes quiet and the day grows long , the bird gets hard to find ... Also the jakes seem to only gobble once or twice in the morning , i know they have to be jakes cuz they cant quiet get out a full bore gobble , and there seems to be like atleast 4 different birds gobbleing in the morning , unless the one is flying from tree to tree b4 light. but we have tried to setup in all he different spots he may go to , some being silent some calling , but he jsut seems to know when we go it and he will fly an ass backwards direction that he never goes any otehr day ... i cant figure him out!

Also i doubt neone messes with him b4 season , the birds seem to disappear once fall starts , and i might see them once in a great while during deer season , but come spring they r sighted all over the place , mostly on sunday , or when we r jsut taking a walk groudnhog hutning after legal shooting hours.....