I took my buddy up to Rockingham county this morning. Get there and the drizzle and fog is keeping the birds hushed up. About 7:30 I finally got a bird to gobble across the creek for us. The bird was at least 500+ yards away. My buddy looks at me and says that bird is too far away. I do a 'hold my beer' moment and actually luck up and get the bird coming to us. Well the bird is crossing the creek, gobbles and is less than 80 yards away and I am thinking he is in the bag just then to my right another gobbler gobbles way off 400 yards away down the creek.. then a hen starts yelping. He must have been the boss because our bird moves away from us and farther away from the boss gobbler but he still gobbles occasionally. We moved on the bird and got behind him. Finally after 1 hour of moving and calling, I get the bird to commit. Here he comes we can see him , the boss gobbler has not gobbled recently and my buddy has the gun up. Well behind us at least another 400 to 500 yards a different bird gobbles down the opposite end of the creek.... He gobbles 3 times in a row. I watch our 2 yr old gobbler with maybe a 9 inch beard change course and he makes a bee line heading towards the other gobbler that just gobbled 3 times. I could have shot the bird from where I was at but my buddy could not see the bird when he passed. That bird went away gobbling heading towards the other gobbler. Never heard that other bird gobble again.
I have never seen a bird do that. Sure was fun though. He sure gobbled a lot when he got some distance between him and the boss gobbler.
I have never seen a bird do that. Sure was fun though. He sure gobbled a lot when he got some distance between him and the boss gobbler.
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