Setup in the same spot-suggestions?


wtnhunt

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Yesterday afternoon, got close to where I killed my bird Saturday afternoon, but went a little farther in, also closer to the property line. I setup a little closer to an area that has a sort of a ridge where the higher elevation is an open flat field, that acts as a funnel in the lower heavily wooded bottom ground where the turkeys are heading up to roost.

I setup to where I was looking where the bird came through Saturday(east south east), about 30 yards off his route, hoping to be better prepared to see them when they pop around the corner. I heard birds gobbling expectedly heading my way from the south and from the east within about 30 minutes after getting setup. Best I could tell, they were coming from two different directions, and also had one bird already up in the hardwoods back behind me occasionally gobbling. I did a little light calling with the box call, never heard any response.

The owls started up about 6, still had at least an hour and a half of good legal light, and the gobblers started gobbling a bit more and were really close, but I couldnt see them yet, was expecting them to follow the river bed and come across the same way the other bird did Saturday. About a 5 minute span of time went by fromt he last time I had heard any gobbling and I heard something in the brush, was pretty sure it was a turkey, off to the southwest. I slowly turned my head and there he was, good sized bird off about 90 yards out in the wrong direction. As I looked I saw there was another bird stepping out from behind some brush. Had two really nice longbeards within 90 yards of me and they were heading from my left to right on the wrong side of me. I tried a little light calling with the mouth call hoping to bring them in front of me, I had my decoy setup out to my left, dont know that they ever saw it as they were coming in, but they started strutting and were heading my way, but staying off to the right. I had to somehow get turned to get in position, but there were just not any good opportunities where the birds were both where they were behind trees and I thought I would be clear to move. They got to within 25 yards and were directly across my body out to my left and I decided as soon as they both got where I could not see their heads I would turn, I didnt think about my legs being out from my body being at a different angle. An after thought I guess my legs are what they spotted, because quick as I got turned they were off and running and I never had a good shot at either of them.

Should I try to setup the same spot this afternoon if I get to go, or wait until the weekend? Will those birds likely come back to roost in the same spot? Should I go this afternoon and setup in the same area but a different spot, what would you guys do?

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