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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5629706" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Probably better off to not call at all until well after sunrise, <em>AND</em> only when you're completely sit up, in position to wait out one that might respond. If they respond, your own patience can be your best ally. </p><p></p><p>I like to just go to where I already know is a good listening spot (well before 1st light), <u>and is also a good setup spot</u>. Wait for them to gobble first, then you respond. Once you know he heard you, shut up. Wait patiently, only respond again if he gobbles (which he probably will as he moves closer, and you've not calling to him (giving him less need to gobble).</p><p></p><p>Another thing.</p><p>Often, I've decided to move in on a roosted gobbling Tom a few hundred yards away, only to then spook a much closer roosted Tom, which just wasn't gobbling.</p><p></p><p>Every strategy has its own pros & cons.</p><p>I don't like to alert birds to my presence, so am more inclined to stay put in a good location than to take off in pursuit of a gobbling bird. Not that I don't at times, but it's just very easy to spook a real hen in that pursuit, as well as accidently get too close, spooking the gobbler, and/or getting caught without a good setup opportunity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5629706, member: 1409"] Probably better off to not call at all until well after sunrise, [I]AND[/I] only when you're completely sit up, in position to wait out one that might respond. If they respond, your own patience can be your best ally. I like to just go to where I already know is a good listening spot (well before 1st light), [U]and is also a good setup spot[/U]. Wait for them to gobble first, then you respond. Once you know he heard you, shut up. Wait patiently, only respond again if he gobbles (which he probably will as he moves closer, and you've not calling to him (giving him less need to gobble). Another thing. Often, I've decided to move in on a roosted gobbling Tom a few hundred yards away, only to then spook a much closer roosted Tom, which just wasn't gobbling. Every strategy has its own pros & cons. I don't like to alert birds to my presence, so am more inclined to stay put in a good location than to take off in pursuit of a gobbling bird. Not that I don't at times, but it's just very easy to spook a real hen in that pursuit, as well as accidently get too close, spooking the gobbler, and/or getting caught without a good setup opportunity. [/QUOTE]
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