Frustration!!!

[Spring_Woods]

If he is coming there is no reason to keep calling. 

By the time he gets to your area, you've probably called so much that he knows with certainty exactly where you should be.
Back off the calling and force him to look for you.

He'll stop hanging up at 55 and come inside 40 because his curiosity will have the best of him.

Good luck!!

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My sentiments exactly.

[firstflight111]

When i come across a turkey that wont come in i go the next day and just sit quite where he hung up . i never make a sound and just wait him out .turkey you can almost pattern them if you have the right farms . with no outside interference .

and 2 the time of day you going in i am in the wood's 1.5 hrs set up before light maybe you had you light on and walked under some turkeys maybe you step on a twig and it snapped .i try to walk in grass .or i go in well before season and clear brush snags i even remove the leaves on the ground just so i am silent . just never give up on a turkey he will make that mistake . sometime let him rest for a few days them go back in with a new game plan .

good luck hope you get him ....................

[MiamiE]

I was setup today at 430am. Overkill I know but I couldn't sleep last night knowing he got me the day before. Our lease is only 4 members on 1000 acres and only 3 turkey hunt so I'm hoping no one gets him. The main issue I am having is that they roost just to the north of our feeders. So you can't be close to the feeders for ethical reasons. No sport in that. Today he flew down into one of our feeders and gobbled his head away in there but I didn't call at all and sure enough he showed up. We also have set blind locations since we are such a small lease and when there's others hunting a blind close by we can't run and gun. Club rules. The particular blind that hes close by was where I was sitting yesterday when he hung up in the pond. Too far of a shot from that blind. Opening weekend (last weekend) I heard 4 different gobbles from what we call Gobblers Knob. Yesterday and today it was only one guy gobbling. I did some walking after 1pm and found a dead gobbler by our NW fence line. Freshly killed by a bobcat or panther I'm sure. Nice 9" beard and some big hooks. Basically I'm fighting feeders, 15 hens, and 1 gobbler. Tough proposition, when he can mate all day by following those hens around. Lots of jakes as well. I seen 5 today with 2"-5" beards. We only shoot 6" and up. I'll put up a little map showing where everything is without locations obviously.

[MiamiE]

Ok heres a little picture explaining everything. You can see the set blind locations, roost locations, feeders, and the gobblers path both days. Friday was the red path. Saturday was the yellow path. Friday I was at the Blind B and today I was at "saturday setup". Last weekend I was setup at Blind C because the past few months I would watch the birds feed and move down that tree line towards Blind C. They all were in that pond in front of Blind B.

[MiamiE]

Some pics from yesterday. Not the best but I had the iphone camera zoomed in all the way.

[MiamiE]

[ALfwlmth]

If you are planning on staying that long, I would make up 20-25 yards and setup again. It's a great feeling when you bust his tail when he thinks he's got you just where he wants you.

[surehuntsalot]

Welcome to turkey HUNTING...

+100

[totallycluckedup]

I hear ya... Saturday I had one strutting in front of me at 60 yards... he had couple hens about another 50 yards behind him... would not come any closer.  That was my best chance all week.  Was tempted to shoot out of frustration, but ethics got the better of me and I watched him walk away back to the hens.  We have had good gobbling on the roost and maybe 20-30 minutes after fly down then they shut up for the rest of the day.  I watched a group of four gobblers Saturday, no hens walk across a field about 100 yards from me.  I called, had two hen decoys set out and they continued along like I wasn't even there.  Didn't strut, didn't gobble... nothing.  It's like they aren't ready yet.  My hunt is quota so I don't have the option of going back out.  Extremely frustrating to hear up to 10 different birds on the roost in different areas, watch them at a distance and not be able to work them.  It's not just us.  I'm hearing similar stories from everyone I talk to in this area.  The only guys I know that have shot them so far were set up 50 yards from the roost and hit em right when their feet touched the ground.  I don't like trying to sneak in that close and really don't like trying to bush whack a turkey.  It takes the fun out of it for me.  Good luck and I hope to see a pic of that bird fanned out in front of you soon.