If you've been hunting long enough you've had it happen; sunrise brings CRAZY gobbling from 2...no...3 gobblers roosted together with NO hens. You say to yourself, "This is gonna be a cakewalk," set up on edge of the field where you have seen them strutting 2 days in a row, stick a decoy in the ground, and prepare for a classic spring morning.
Even though your first calls are answered by silence, you hear them pitch down and think, "Ahhh, it won't be long now." Next thing you know they crank up about 400 yards "thataway", gobbling as they go. The excuse that they might be "funny" gobblers might not be so far fetched!!
Real research findings, but read with a grain or 2 of salt...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...fp/sciencejapananimalspenguingay_041225063152
Even though your first calls are answered by silence, you hear them pitch down and think, "Ahhh, it won't be long now." Next thing you know they crank up about 400 yards "thataway", gobbling as they go. The excuse that they might be "funny" gobblers might not be so far fetched!!
Real research findings, but read with a grain or 2 of salt...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...fp/sciencejapananimalspenguingay_041225063152