ON CALLERS AND CALLING 189 



the less you call him the better, for the reason 

 that in gobbling and strutting it is using all its 

 own persuasive power to draw you to hirn, 

 thinking you are a hen. Under these conditions 

 so long as you continue to call or reply he will 

 remain and gobble, and insist on your coming to 

 him. But if you have commanded his attention 

 and stop calling and wait, he will make up his 

 mind to come toyou,ashe has come to the conclu- 

 sion that the hen is indifferent to his company 

 and is moving away from him ; this will excite his 

 anxiety and cause him to make haste toward you. 

 Under such circumstances, and they occur very 

 often, the hunter will very soon note, after he has 

 quit calling, the gobbler will gobble oftener, 

 more furiously, and strut with greater vigor. 

 This is the time when most turkey hunters make 

 a fatal mistake, for if you call after the gob- 

 bler starts toward you, he will stop a while at 

 that point, and go through all the maneuvers 

 he has been worrying you with for some time, 

 march back and forth to his recent stand and 

 give you another hour or two of waiting, or 

 perhaps he will go away to return no more. 



