BritChaser
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Anyone else planning to stalk a gobbling tom come next Wednesday?
Update: Was out dark and early opening morning in Graham County with my hunting buddy. Saw about ten birds but the toms were henned up. Then a lone tom came in but stopped at the edge of gun range, turned around and went back. No shot taken. That was the only possible shot on the morning set up. My buddy went to work for awhile midday.
Went a mile east for our evening set up. When we arrived about eight birds were already out feeding on some lower ground that we could not get to without spooking them so we set our decoys near the edge of a rise above them and started calling. They ignored us for nearly an hour then suddenly came running. Weird. A hen popped over the hill followed by a jake and a tom. It was my buddy's turn to shoot first at a single but the tom turned my way and he said take him if I wanted to. Done. Weather got wet Thursday afternoon so I came home and will head out for my second one when the weather clears. Had a great time.
Second Update: Returned to Graham Co. Sun. afternoon. Got set up about 5 and started calling. Three males came out in 10 minutes, then two more came out. They fooled around eating, playing tag, and ignoring my decoys except when I called. Finally two jakes and a tom turned toward the decoys and began ambling in, no hurry at all. The two jakes stopped 10 feet away from the decoys and made a few spurt/alarm sounds but then quieted down. The tom had hung back out of range. When the jakes quieted the tom came within range. Time: 5:40 p.m. Done for the season.
Update: Was out dark and early opening morning in Graham County with my hunting buddy. Saw about ten birds but the toms were henned up. Then a lone tom came in but stopped at the edge of gun range, turned around and went back. No shot taken. That was the only possible shot on the morning set up. My buddy went to work for awhile midday.
Went a mile east for our evening set up. When we arrived about eight birds were already out feeding on some lower ground that we could not get to without spooking them so we set our decoys near the edge of a rise above them and started calling. They ignored us for nearly an hour then suddenly came running. Weird. A hen popped over the hill followed by a jake and a tom. It was my buddy's turn to shoot first at a single but the tom turned my way and he said take him if I wanted to. Done. Weather got wet Thursday afternoon so I came home and will head out for my second one when the weather clears. Had a great time.
Second Update: Returned to Graham Co. Sun. afternoon. Got set up about 5 and started calling. Three males came out in 10 minutes, then two more came out. They fooled around eating, playing tag, and ignoring my decoys except when I called. Finally two jakes and a tom turned toward the decoys and began ambling in, no hurry at all. The two jakes stopped 10 feet away from the decoys and made a few spurt/alarm sounds but then quieted down. The tom had hung back out of range. When the jakes quieted the tom came within range. Time: 5:40 p.m. Done for the season.
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