The hens finally moved off, that gave me a chance to tweak my setup a bit. Moved my blind back about 10 yds. Went in the house to grab a drink and use the bathroom, came back out to another tom gobbling to my north about 75 yds in the woods. He is hanging up in there and I am trying to call him in
He must have found the hens that worked away from me about a hour ago and is following them… hopefully they swing back through
Thanks everyone! That was fun, here’s a little recap. Got set up with a hen decoy at about 10 yds. After about ten minutes in the blind I hear a gobble about 100 yds away. Started calling and a few minutes later here comes a Tom on a trot right to me, I was at full draw on him but he didn’t stop for a shot and then kept trying to find the hen that was making all the ruckus talking with him. After that 2 hens came in and were feeding, scratching around, preening their feathers. They hung around for about an hour. I wanted to move my blind because of how they came in and also because of how the sun was hitting the blind. So once they moved off I quickly moved my blind back about 10yds, went to the house to get a drink and use the bathroom. As soon as I got back out there there was gobbling going on to my NE, sure enough about an 1/2 hour later a hen came back through and brought him with. 15 yd shot while strutting for the hen, he lost his head. It was a great morning to be out, the only downside is that I am now done….
