Close... But no cigar

[tomstopper]

Stay after them. Good luck!!

I agree. Once those hens break away from him he will be looking for his new lady and that is when you will kill him. This year on opening day I worked a bird all morning around and around a ridge top that had a field below it (and that's where he stayed with his hens). He had a group of hens with him and at 11:06 they finally broke away and that gobbler became so fired up that I ended up killing him at 11:25am (this is why if the laws say you can hunt until noon, I hunt until noon). Persistence will pay off if you stay after them. Good luck