My 14 yr old daughter and I went out in the dark and the wind Sat am......I got her in our makeshift ground blind....set the decoys.....and followed back to our spot .....watched the hands on the clock spin about 15 minutes, till legal half hour before sunrise.....and started scratching he old slate call......immediate fly down cackles...and pecks and puts..........had a hen fly down almost immediately .....and walked around the decoys...very calm , another hen flew in about 25 minutes later.........never heard a gobble.....or anything like a gobble......a couple of hens were being chased by something just out of plain sight....might have been a Jake , but never saw him......we waited another hour..or so ........and left shortly after 9 :30 am ....we did not go out Sunday .......I think she was not wanting to get cold.....under Armour, or no under Armour..
she stayed in bed.......maybe in a few weeks, when the regular season starts....we'll hit it again .
The hens were beautiful , and very healthy .....
