Chixfishing said:
I tried it and found it kinda anticlimactic. I set up my hen dummy, did my calls on the box call, bird came up and I shot him. Home by 8:00am. The bird tasted great but it was too easy and once you're done, you're done. Not like waterfowling when you get to go again and again. I know I am lucky to have permisson on land with birds but they are on crown land I hunt too. Maybe if I didn't know where to find them it would have been more of a challenge.
You got lucky...
You need to experience some hunts where the birds are henned up and you need to figure out how to pull them away, not easy.
Or experience a pressured bird that has wised up to calls and work him for hrs before he committs to your calling.
I've seen pressured birds wise up to certain calls that I, or someone hunting a neigbouring property have been using and they get the heck out of there as soon as they hear that call. Thats why I own around 150 different calls so I can switch up. I carry a minimum of 20 calls at all times.
Also the decoys can make or break your hunt.
Heavily pressured birds don't decoy very well and will sometimes spook at the sight of a decoy.
When or if I use a decoy, it is only over fields to just give them something to see.
I never use one in the woods, because I want them searching for me and not hanging up. Its amazing how accurately they can pin point your spot when doing very little calling.
