Share your Ole Tom Tactic's

[alscalls]

I woke up once with a hudge cow sniffing my face.....maybe she was looking to see how many calls were in my mouth... :roflmao:
I always try and call once and not again unless the bird gobbles back at least twice, If he will not gobble twice I will call very little and softly as if I am going away from him If I think he is hened up, I will get more agressive, Works a lot for me.
AL
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html

[nailbender]

   Had a racoon try run over me last year.  Hard to sit still for that!
    Should be an interesting year, probably frustrating, but I'm looking forward to it anyway. 800 acres got sold off, my buddy and caller moved away and I've got a month to learn all this.  No problem!

[HaMeR]

my buddy and caller moved away and I've got a month to learn all this.  No problem! 

That's what we're here for!! We're not experts,, at least I'm not,, Brent is purdy dang good tho ,, but we do wanna help you lay out a big ol Tom!! 

[nailbender]

  The crash course is the only way to learn anyway.  Mano en Birdo , or something like that!   I do love hearing all you guys little tricks and experiences.

[alscalls]

nailbender, Where are you located?

[nailbender]

  Northwest Nowhere,,,,,,,,Iowa.

[alscalls]

Dang, If you were around here I would invite you on a hunt.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html

[nailbender]

  Thanks anyway!    I know this isn't really turkey country ( isn't coyote country either) but I can't let that stop my fun.
I'll be hunting down south aways , closer to Omaha, where there is a few more hills and timber.

[alscalls]

Not coyote country?! Are ya nuts there everywhere arent they?
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html

[nailbender]

   Yea there around. But we've got 3 truck hunters for every coyote. Thats Ok though,  we still have a red fox pop. in this area and so dang may pheasants you have to slow down on the balacktop to chase 'em off the road. If my camera would'nt have died I could have taken some nice pics lately.

[alscalls]

I guess I am lucky, around here most everyone knows ya and if youre steppin on toes it dont take long to cure it.
I am going to save some money and go out west once and see if they raelly are easy as some say they are.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html

[nailbender]

 Ok , back to topic. Last year the toms we called in came to probably 70-75 yds. and then veered away. Instead of coming straight to the decoy. The second one was a huge paintbrush tom, hoping to see him again.  Is this pretty common behavior??  Should a guy set up with this in mind?
  In reply to the out west,, Waterdog is out in the four corners area of New Mexico. I may run out there next weekend. Theres a heck of alot more coyotes out there. I had seven coming on my first stand in So, Colorado till some elk hunters came down the road.

[Silencer]

did I hear mention of ditch chickens ?????   

[Silencer]

Ok , back to topic. Last year the toms we called in came to probably 70-75 yds. and then veered away. Instead of coming straight to the decoy. The second one was a huge paintbrush tom, hoping to see him again.  Is this pretty common behavior??  Should a guy set up with this in mind?

Sounds to me you may have gotten cut off by hens or they had bad encounters with decoys.   In that instance, I'd try to figure where they're heading and swing out in front of them to set up. 

Was this in an open field ?  If so alot of Toms will get in the field and hold right up till the hen comes to them.
If she dont come, they split.

[alscalls]

When those old toms act like that they are probably on a mission (hened up) or something.....if you can not get around them to cut them off and set up again go aggressive and get em calling to you then every time they call back to you and are still walking away, don't let em finish talking cut em off with some real aggressive cutting and yelping until the turn for you. It dose not always work but sometimes you can make them come

[nailbender]

  Just decoy shy I guess. They don't get to be old toms by being stupid.

[alscalls]

I do not believe they really get shy of a decoy unless they have been shot at before over one. Sometimes these birds act almost cat like as far as being picky. Remember it is usually the hen that comes to the gobbler, it aint his job to come to you
You have to convince him to go against the rules and go to the hen.
http://www.geocities.com/alscalls/coyote.html

[nailbender]

   Well I better keep practicing with the calls then.   Right now Mother Nature is still thinking winter, another 6 in. of snow fallin.