"Henned-up" article in NYON

[nyslowhand]

Newest issue of NYON had an interesting article on how to hunt gobblers while they're with hens. I'm guilty of the old "insanity thought process" of repeatedly attempting to call in a Tom when he has hens with him and expecting him to act differently than he had in the past. Article contained novel or outside the box thoughts about overcoming this typical situation. Basically, get between the Tom and his harem before they get together in the dawn/fly-down hours. One scenario was to bust them off the roost and then get between the hens & gobbler when they're trying to get hooked-up again. Kicker with this method is that you have to hope the Tom comes into your calling before you're covered-up with hens. Other interesting thought was to call in dawn hours, pretending to be 1st hen to fly down and using super excited calling. Only drawback to this method is getting in close w/o busting them off the roost. Pretty much, get right into their bedroom and don't allow gobbler & hens to get together for the day. Otherwise an ambush style of hunt is your only hope, other than challenging or irritating the hens and hoping they'll leave the gobbler to investigate. Interesting read!