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FlDeerman 04-05-2014 06:32 PM

Need help.
 
I'm hunting fifty acres and I don't think the turkeys roost there but do pass through.I've had a tom that rarely gobbles.Each time I heard him I would here a cluck.I finally saw him and it looks like an old hen is leading him around.I was set up and she came in and walked all around me and my set up,so I moved.She came right back to me with the tom behind her.She gave a cluck(not a putt) and the tom started moving away.This was around noon,and I don't think he's hened up but she's staying with him.If this is true how do I get past her?

Wingbone 04-06-2014 02:25 AM

Don't try to get past her. Call her in. Do some aggressive hen cutting. Be a young hussy trying to get the tom to notice you. When the old hen starts cussing you out,(and she will get nasty) come back to her with whatever she is saying to you. Ignore the gobbling and focus on the hen. She'll get pissed off and decide to kick your a$$. When she comes looking for you, the tom will be right behind her. Nothing a tom likes better than two hens talking dirty to one another.

w123t 04-06-2014 04:33 AM

Wingbone has it nailed.

FlDeerman 04-06-2014 05:55 AM

That sounds like a plan,that's what I'll do.Thanks

Phil from Maine 04-06-2014 06:08 AM

Sounds like you have been given some great advice to me.. Good Luck with that one..

wisbowhunter2009 04-06-2014 09:50 AM

Good luck! Wingbone nailed it on the head!

EFH 04-06-2014 11:14 AM

Wingbone said it all!!! As far as not roosting on your 50ac, that's prob a good thing. It's really hard to setup on a small piece of land and get in without bumping roosted birds. Sounds like you've got a good spot! Good luck with him

firelt72 04-06-2014 12:04 PM

Wingbone's got it- you tick her off and she comes in kicking butt and you drop his.

FlDeerman 04-06-2014 12:43 PM

Should I put out a decoy or make them come hunt me Wingbone?

Wingbone 04-07-2014 01:21 AM

That's a tougher question. You want the hen to have to look for you. The tom will be lagging behind the incoming hen some. If you are in thick enough cover, leave the decoy at home. By the time she finds you, the birds should be in range. If you are hunting open fields and have a sense of where the birds are coming from, set the decoy up so that she has to come past you to get to it. But, as soon as she sees the decoy, shut up, don't call any more. Which is tough 'cause she'll be cussin' the whole way.


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