I'm lovin the stories, the turkeys, and that video @ripjack13
Here's where I could use some advice;
Were we too aggressive with a boss hen? Should we have backed off the calling in this case? At that point what would you more experienced guys have done to coax the Tom out?
Thanks for anything you can offer a rookie!
(For what it's worth, my calling sounded just like that hen but that her tone was a little lower)
When dealing with a boss hen, it pays to piss her off. Show her whose boss, cut her off, call back louder with more aggression, provoke her into a fight, and she will probably drag the gobbler with her.
My new York hunt was the first that I took my go pro out for. I had it on my head until we set up and the sun was in our face. I really thought it was best I take it off as I thought the sun would reflect off the silver body. The hunt was about 45min and I trimmed it down to 5min, you can barely hear his only Gobble after my faint call about 4 seconds before the shot. Here is a link to the video on dropbox. I think it should take you right to the video without a password??https://www.dropbox.com/s/1107sxg9yjk103b/short long short last.wmv?dl=0
Just discovered this morning there is no fall turkey season for my county. I can go to a neighboring county, but not my back yard where I know factually to be a respectable population across all these acres and acres including neighboring properties. While I was shooting last weekend, the guy a couple doors up said I scared about 8 birds from my place and that they were then in his yard.
Kinda blows. Need to formulate a new plan.