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Old 05-03-2005 | 09:41 PM
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I've hunted two toms the last three days. They are roosting in the same area each night. In the AM before light, they are gobbling their heads off as I"m setting up. Becouse of the thickness of the pines they are roosted in, I can get to within a 100 yards or so of them. The problem is, these birds will gobble like crazy before flydown, then, once on the ground zip up and go the other direction. This morning, they had hens for sure. I tried firing up the hens to get them in, but that didn't work. Once on the ground these toms will not gobble at any call, or some in to investigate. The second morning, I made a few calls on the roost and once I heard them fly down, I hit them with a few calls, hushed up and decided to wait them out. I've sat on these birds until aprox. 9am each day.

Any suggestions on what the heck i'm doing wrong or what I should try?
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Old 05-03-2005 | 10:09 PM
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You may want to try to stay out a little longer. Last year I had a similar senario and I waited them out. Do some light calling every 20 minutes or so. In my case these birds came in at around 9:30 and lets just say I wasn't hunting 2 of those birds this year. They may be henned up but the hens may go to nest mid morning and between 9am and 11am may be the time of day those toms are most responsive to the calls. Keep a close eye though. The birds I've called in during the later morning all came in silently. Good luck anyway and let me know how ya do.
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Old 05-04-2005 | 06:15 AM
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Are they pitching out the same way everyday? If so just setup in the area they pitch out to every morning and leave your calls in your pocket. If that doesn't work after a couple of mornings then go work some other birds in the morning and go back to them around 11:00 or so. If that doesn't work and you are allowed to hunt afternoons then get a blind and a couple of decoys and get back to the area they are roosting in a couple of hours before dark and setup and call every 15-20 minutes. When the birds start coming back in to fly up to roost, they will more than likely come to investigate your setup and you will get a shot at them. If I can get a turkey patteren to roosting in the same tree or in a small area then I can often kill him with one of these methods.
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