Well I have been after them and still no luck. So I went to a different area and saw five nice long beards together. I tried calling them and they take off the other way go figure. I think that maybe those ones have already been hunted hard? I am not sure what’s going on with them. No matter where I try there is no gobbling going on right now. I still have until June first to get it done though.. Good luck everyone that is still out there hunting..

I tried my luck again this morning and three birds came in silently. One was a long beard and one was a jake. The other one I couldn’t get a good look at as they spotted me first. All three ran together and when they started separating I fired at what I thought was the bigger Tom. I ended up shooting the jake instead.. While it wasn’t the bird that I wanted to get I am still happy with it. It has a different colored beard on him though.

Thank you and good luck!

Thank you Jake and I am hoping to get a bigger bird before our season ends..

Okay RR that must be what they mean by beard rot? That fungus will rotten that part of the beard and rotten it until it falls off. Thanks because I have never seen it myself.