A hard earned Gobbler

[h2ofowlr]

Nice thunder chicken!

[turkeydancer]

   Congrats .... patience and persistence will mean many harvested toms for you.   

[270Shooter]

  Congrats .... patience and persistence will mean many harvested toms for you.   

thanks, I can say I definitely learned a lot from hunting this Tom, be patient, don't overcall, and just because he stops gobbling for a while doesn't mean he's gone and forgot about you.

[TheHunt]

Very nice, congratulations on your bird.

[turkeydancer]

You've come far grasshopper !   

 I find that when they're coming in, 1/3 of the time they'll gobble, 1/3 spit-n-drum. 1/3 sneak in unannounced.   When they go silent doesn't mean they left the area even if they don't come in ...  patience and persistence ... use his natural curiosity and sex drive against him until he's ready to commit.

[270Shooter]

  that's what I was thinking to myself the whole time, It was nice that it was just open enough that I could see him and the hen most of the time, and I knew when she left he was going to get fired up again.

[Tom Tamer]

You've come far grasshopper !   

 I find that when they're coming in, 1/3 of the time they'll gobble, 1/3 spit-n-drum. 1/3 sneak in unannounced.   When they go silent doesn't mean they left the area even if they don't come in ...  patience and persistence ... use his natural curiosity and sex drive against him until he's ready to commit.

                                                                                                                                        

It was SSOOOO hard Sunday NOT too call everytime they gobbled, out of view about 50yds away and could hear the Drum" BBbuuummmmm...Bbbuuummmm" but they were in view of my decoy so I would purr a cluck a little like I was feeding and paying them no mind. So so hard not to call.

[270Shooter]

You've come far grasshopper !   

 I find that when they're coming in, 1/3 of the time they'll gobble, 1/3 spit-n-drum. 1/3 sneak in unannounced.   When they go silent doesn't mean they left the area even if they don't come in ...  patience and persistence ... use his natural curiosity and sex drive against him until he's ready to commit.

                                                                                                                                        

It was SSOOOO hard Sunday NOT too call everytime they gobbled, out of view about 50yds away and could hear the Drum" BBbuuummmmm...Bbbuuummmm" but they were in view of my decoy so I would purr a cluck a little like I was feeding and paying them no mind. So so hard not to call.

oh I bet it was, I have not yet mastered or feel comfortable enough to use a diaphragm yet so if he is that close and can see me or is an open area in probably stuck holding onto my gun hoping he comes in on his own, I can definitely see how a mouth call would make a big difference in that kind of situation though.