hunteditor

I've written a post on my blog at http://www.outdoorlife.blogs.com/strutzone/ on OutdoorLife.com and would love to have you share your best tip for hunting silent toms with our readers. Just click on "Comments" at the end of the "Where Did They Go?" post or email me direct at [email protected].

Hope everyone is having a great season.

quiksilver

Try this:

Let Your Decoys Do The Work - Silent toms will often skirt your perimeter and make a cursory investigation before marching on in. By placing your decoys in a conspicuous and natural position, you're helping yourself in two ways. First off, an interested tom will see the source of the calling, and will be more apt to move in for a closer look. Secondly, the decoys will divert his attention away from the caller. The biggest hurdle to calling a silent bird is getting busted. Since you are unsure where he's coming from, hecan easilysneak in and catch you picking the slate,switching callsor turning your head. By giving him something else to look at, he's that much less likely to pick you out before you see him. Besides, you didn't spend all that money on decoys for nothing, right?