A few of the state’s gobblers have been gobbled. A few more have been to school and educated to the ways of the hunter.
In the spring, a hunter can mimic the calls of a hen turkey to draw a lovesick tom within shotgun or bow range. If a gobbler is surrounded by hens, he probably cannot be enticed to go looking for another. However, by mid-season, many hens are on the nest and a gobbler in search of a willing female may be more receptive to plaintive calling.