Evening Hunting

[RutnNStrutn]

My experience with evening hunting Easterns is that IF you can get one to gobble at you, your odds of getting him to come are pretty good.
Bad news, they don't gobble at you very much in the evening.
Rios and Merriams are different, evening hunts can be very productive with plenty of gobbling.
At least in my limited experience.

That has been my experience as well.

[StickString96]

No I didn't miss, one bird was at 45 yards and the longest shot I'm comfortable taking with my bow is 40 yards. The other one came in silent while we were set up inside a barn. The wind blew the barn doors wide open and the tom looked right in at us. I tried to raise, draw and aim quickly but he was gone. With a shotgun I'm pretty sure I would have killed both of those birds, but it is what it is. I wouldn't have it any other way, than with a bow.

You might be a little delusional.

What makes you say that?

[StickString96]

Well it worked last night after school.  I was up on the ridge and set up by 6pm with the mind set to sit until 8.  Sunset was 8:26 so I figured he would be there by 8 if he was going to come.  At 6:40 I was able to hear a distant gobble through the heavy wind.  Every 5-10 minutes he would gobble.  At about 7:00, I gave my last calls and was able to pull the trigger at 7:10 on a 22.5 pound tom with a 10.5" beard.  He did not gobble the last 200 yards but I knew where to have the gun pointed based on his last gobble.

Congratulations

[Spring_Woods]

No I didn't miss, one bird was at 45 yards and the longest shot I'm comfortable taking with my bow is 40 yards. The other one came in silent while we were set up inside a barn. The wind blew the barn doors wide open and the tom looked right in at us. I tried to raise, draw and aim quickly but he was gone. With a shotgun I'm pretty sure I would have killed both of those birds, but it is what it is. I wouldn't have it any other way, than with a bow.

You might be a little delusional.

Sounds like an action movie. Just can't place it! Terminator?