Had to change up tactics a little this morning. I’ve had this bird strutting at 80-100 yards 2 different times this year and couldn’t close the deal. He usually heads up to the top side of field and of course I’m always at the bottom. So this morning I got in super early and set up near the top side. Of course he flies down with a hen and 2 other gobblers near the bottom side. I watched him breed her and strutt for 15 minutes or so then they started easing off the other way. Luckily the field rolled off and I couldn’t see them anymore. I decided I would go kill him or spook him one. Didn’t really care at this point. I crossed the field and made it to where it rolls off and belly crawled the next 20 yards until I could see the top of his fan. I look over and the hen is 40 yards to my left and hadn’t seen me somehow. If this would have been two weeks ago and the grass hadn’t got up some this probably wouldn’t have worked. I laid there about 10 minutes and he finally gave me a shot at about 45 yards. Not the normal gobble filled adrenaline rush hunt but I was happy to get it done.
