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<blockquote data-quote="catman529" data-source="post: 3965552" data-attributes="member: 9284"><p>Yes turkeys will come up big hills or cross anything to come to your call, but often they will also hang up on stupid things like a wire fence or a creek. Depends how hot they are I guess. A general rule that I like to go by is get the higher ground, try to call him uphill if you can.</p><p></p><p>When setting up on a gobbling bird, I try to get as close as possible without risking getting busted. This may be 50 yards if the terrain drops in front of me and there's no way he can see me. But in a wide open, flat hardwood bottom, you won't be able to get very close because you (and the birds) can see a long ways. If I'm set up within 100 yards of a hot gobbler I think that's plenty close enough, but given the terrain and vegetation I might try and get closer. In wide open terrain you might be 2 or 300 yards when you set up.</p><p></p><p>About hearing them from far away.... it also depends on terrain. I've heard one on the roost across flat fields that was several hundred yards farther than I originally thought. I've also heard one gobble on the ground through some thick woods with slight change in terrain that I wasn't sure if he was close or if he was across the nearby creek below the bluff. He turned out being close by, on my side of the creek.</p><p></p><p>your opening day sounds like a typical henned up gobbler. They will sometimes answer your calls, I guess to probably get more hens to join him, but most of the time he stays with the hens wherever they take him. Mid day is usually a good time to find a lone gobbler looking for love, sometimes they fire up and gobble by themselves before you even call.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, sounds like you're in a good spot and will get one soon if you keep at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catman529, post: 3965552, member: 9284"] Yes turkeys will come up big hills or cross anything to come to your call, but often they will also hang up on stupid things like a wire fence or a creek. Depends how hot they are I guess. A general rule that I like to go by is get the higher ground, try to call him uphill if you can. When setting up on a gobbling bird, I try to get as close as possible without risking getting busted. This may be 50 yards if the terrain drops in front of me and there's no way he can see me. But in a wide open, flat hardwood bottom, you won't be able to get very close because you (and the birds) can see a long ways. If I'm set up within 100 yards of a hot gobbler I think that's plenty close enough, but given the terrain and vegetation I might try and get closer. In wide open terrain you might be 2 or 300 yards when you set up. About hearing them from far away.... it also depends on terrain. I've heard one on the roost across flat fields that was several hundred yards farther than I originally thought. I've also heard one gobble on the ground through some thick woods with slight change in terrain that I wasn't sure if he was close or if he was across the nearby creek below the bluff. He turned out being close by, on my side of the creek. your opening day sounds like a typical henned up gobbler. They will sometimes answer your calls, I guess to probably get more hens to join him, but most of the time he stays with the hens wherever they take him. Mid day is usually a good time to find a lone gobbler looking for love, sometimes they fire up and gobble by themselves before you even call. Good luck, sounds like you're in a good spot and will get one soon if you keep at it. [/QUOTE]
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