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here's the deal. saw a real nice tom this evening from my back porch. the BIG problem is there was 27 hens with him. what you guys think. maybe try to wait till mid day when his hens leave him or is this a lost cause. there are alot of jakes in the area, would a jake mobile decoy draw him in? or possibly getting in super early to get in their bedroom? i want this gobbler bad cause i don't want the low life road hunters to snipe him from the road. be honest what would you do
 
Challenge him, I hate to say this.....but get a full strut decoy, put it out where he can see it, a field preferably and challenge his dominance. It shouldn't take long for him to come try and whip it.
 
If he is coming to that field regular then set up a full strut decoy and just be patient, wait him out. Just dont put that stutter where it can be seen from the road of course, you know if you do you'll have incoming rifle rounds soon enough.
 
Setterman said:
Challenge him, I hate to say this.....but get a full strut decoy, put it out where he can see it, a field preferably and challenge his dominance. It shouldn't take long for him to come try and whip it.
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But this doesn't fit your definition of hunting.

I will say that this is the sure fire way to hunt this bird. He should come in on a string when he sees that full strut decoy
 
I'd say by the time season gets here he won't be with 27 hens still. So once they are thinned out it will help. If the full strut tom doesn't work then I would just try and figure out his/the flocks patterns and more less setup for an ambush on him. Do some soft yelps and clucks and hope the come by you.
 
It might be possible to call the hens to you. If you can get them to answer your call, mimic their call but do it louder. If they respond again, cut her/them off and do it again.

You might tick them off, causing them to come over to find the loud-mouth hussy, bringing the big boy with them.

I did it last year on a hunt. I was 10-12 steps inside the fence line. The first run, the hens and jakes came to the fence line trying to find the hen, but he stayed just out of range.

They drifted back over the hillside in the pasture. The next cackling sequence brought him closer to the fence line and in range.
 
This would be my plan A, B, and C. First of all Plan A. I'd scout him hard the last few days before the season opens to see where they are consistently roosting at and flying down to. Then, I'd get in there on opening morning and set up tight on his roost. Hopefully, his hens will fly down first and you'll be between him and his hens which will put you in a great position. Then just call softly like a lazy hen that is lagging behind the others.
Plan B would be to go set up before dawn at where you saw them heading to during preseason scouting using the strutting decoy.

If both of these fail I'd go with C, wait a few weeks until his number of ladies dwindle and then go after him in the middle of the day. Thats my 2 cents. Good Luck
 
VolDoug said:
It might be possible to call the hens to you. If you can get them to answer your call, mimic their call but do it louder. If they respond again, cut her/them off and do it again.

You might tick them off, causing them to come over to find the loud-mouth hussy, bringing the big boy with them.

I did it last year on a hunt. I was 10-12 steps inside the fence line. The first run, the hens and jakes came to the fence line trying to find the hen, but he stayed just out of range.

They drifted back over the hillside in the pasture. The next cackling sequence brought him closer to the fence line and in range.
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That'll get it done too.
 
If you saw him from your BACK PORCH it sounds to me like you don't have to do much more than you're doing already. :D
 
WingNut said:
Setterman said:
Challenge him, I hate to say this.....but get a full strut decoy, put it out where he can see it, a field preferably and challenge his dominance. It shouldn't take long for him to come try and whip it.
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But this doesn't fit your definition of hunting.

I will say that this is the sure fire way to hunt this bird. He should come in on a string when he sees that full strut decoy
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You are right, but I was just answering the mans question, rather then take a personal shot at anyone I offered up the best advice I had in mind based on his situation. Its called being an adult, try it sometime.
 

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