Ok so i'm not a experianced turkey hunter,so what do you do when you call the turkey's and they answer but hang up and dont come in??? or it sounds like they come in then go away?? And what do you do when they stop gobbleing or making any kind of sound??? Thanks for y'alls answers and opinions,I'm sure they will help me out in the futute..Thanks..Brian

Well Brian you will get a lot of different answers but mine is that I just cant stand the wait,

#1 So If I was using a decoy leave the decoy there and try to slip in on them circling around from behind if you have the cover and terrain.

#2 or Hang in there sometimes they just cant stand the wait for a very long period of time neither sometimes they will stop gobbling and just start feeding around in the area, but wont go that far and will slip in on you, somtimes it might take 45 or an hour and a half, so make sure you get a comfy set up and dont move.

or #3 start calling very aggresive and if you have different calls start using them to make it sound like multiple hens are there.

My very first Turkey I harvested was taken with a double sided Box call with a rubber band wrapped around it and gobbling with it , He never even answered my hen calls at all he was just looking for a fight with another Tom who was in his area.

another trick that has worked for me is to go about 45 yards deeper than where you were and call a couple of series then sneak back into your original spot. alot of times he cant stand the thought of a hen getting away from him, so he'll actually quit hanging up and start running to your calls then.

If your use a mouth call you can "throw" your call behind you away from the bird.

Generally when you can't get a gobbler to come to you means he has hens already with him. If so your not going to do anything with him for he won't leave his girls. Hens will do their feeding routine in the morning but in the afternoon they will lay eggs and set on their nest. This is when your gobbler is vulnerable because he is by himself and he can't help himself.

The other reason might be that he is hung up and won't cross a fence or creek bottom. If your hunting big woods or have cover otherwise sometimes backing out and circling around on a new setup will solve the problem.

Eastern birds up in Oklahoma or Arkansas aren't big on loud talk. So softer yelps are generally better. Rio Grande turkeys here in Texas generally are more vocal and yelp louder, raspier but realize in high pressure areas they can become call shy much like ducks. Good luck.

JT