too many hunters in wyoming county, of well it will clean out in a couple of weeks!

I tagged out this morning. I hunted a spot seen a nice tom in area during the youth hunt wknd. Its actually only tom I seen in this area, but figured has to be more. Well it started out silent at dawn, then 2 hens came out into the field about 150yds across. I began working on them for practice. They started reacting, and soon afterwards a tom starting gobbling. Then 2 more joined.1 showed up in field just as far out. I worked the 2 hens all the way across to me. He was strutting like crazy. I glassed him, and knew he was the big one I'd seen. The 2 hens disappeared behind me, and he eventually came my way. The other 2 toms remained in woods, never showed face. So I worked him for 1hr 15mins. He remained above me along edge of woodline. He disappeared at the corner above me, but I could hear him spittin & drummin. I only gave him a few more clucks, and he walked into the woods, and moved down towards me. I took him at 30yds. 8 5/8" beard, 1 1/16th" & 1" spurs, 20lbs.

At least someone is getting lucky, weeks before the season they were gobbling up a storm he past week or so I cna't buy a gobble, I know they are there but can't pinpoint and bring the big boyz in, hopefully the hens will nest up quick and free the long beards op soon

I'm getting gobbles off the roost and they shut up on the ground had a jake come in silent yesterday from behind me ended up at about 7 yds looked into field saw my strutter deke and left for the next county had a great time, the longbeards will come as soon as the hens are done. I usually take most of my birds around mid 2nd week hunting pressure slows and birds sex drive are in high gear good luck to all and be safe

Well, my season has started out with some not so great luck. I had two morons come in on me on opening morning, a bird shot out from under me the second morning, missed a big longbeard on Friday and have dealt with several nasty henned up gobblers for the past three days. I guess that I can't complain too much though...I've messed with birds everytime I've been out so far.

I did manage to pull a pair of longbeards into range for my cousin Fri. morning. After hens took the 4 gobblers we were originally working away on our first set-up, we headed down below the road after a couple of gobblers that were pretty vocal on the roost. Finally, I got 'em fired up around 8:00 and the battle was on. They were across a small gulley about 100 yds. from us and gobbled their heads off for the next 30 minutes but wouldn't budge. I decided to back off about 60 yds. and proceeded to work them for another 10 minutes. They seemed to be slowly closing the distance on us when an agitated hen showed up on the scene. I started cranking on my mouthcall and struck up a heated conversation with her. After several minutes of this she finally had enough and flew across to our side of the gulley and was coming to lay a butt whopping on me. With this new live decoy on the scene, the two longbeards showed up strutting along the gulley bank right into the path of my cousin's 870 Super Mag and a fat 3-yr. old hit the dirt. It was a awesome hunt with some intense gobbling action.

Hopefully, the hens won't be such a pain next weekend and the gobblers will be a little more cooperative.

Nice bird... Hmmm..Appears to be Keuka Lake in the background..

Good luck..Hope your fortune improves.. Some seasons EVERYTHING just seems to go wrong...