A custom called made for me by my friend, Kip Feroce. ferociouscalls.com
I only heard two gobblers this morning. One gobbled once and the other gobbled about eight times. I moved on the one tom trying to get above and ahead of him, but I didn’t make it. His last gobble was around seven o’clock.
Virginia Bluebells
I was over one mile from the jeep at this time, and to be honest, I was somewhat happy I didn’t need to carry an old tom the distance. This area has a lot of hills and hollows between, and the heat was closing in fast.
I did see a hen. The mouthy, female started cutting above me. I stopped to listen. I wanted to make sure it was a real bird, and not another hunter. I learned quickly the sounds came from the real thing. In fact, she went air-borne, and flew almost close enough to touch. (Actually about eight feet.) Would her landing be the reason the gobbler would go silent???
I found two morels upon my trek towards the jeep. I didn’t pick either one for those two were all I could find. I let them go to “spore”. I arrived at the jeep around 9:30. 
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Thanks for the post, Larry. It is very helpful to learn what others are experiencing each day. I babysat today so I didn’t get out by my buddy Kevin had a quiet morning. Then about 11 he returned home and made so calls and got a gobbler fired up. It came in close but stayed below a depression and never offered a shot. It walked away still gobbling as time expired. Maybe this is a sign that the birds are heating up…and I don’t mean from the temperature. Be blessed, Dana I am going to get out a bit on Saturday morning. Got grandkids next two days.
Thanks Dana…the heat and allergies are causing some issues with me presently.
Thanks Dana…the heat and allergies are causing some issues with me presently.