Welcome to Rumble Strip, Vermont. It's Thanksgiving morning. I'm at my sister's house in St.

John's Berry, Vermont, and there's a 25 pound turkey brining in a garbage bag on the back porch. And today I bring you my

favorite rerun of a turkey hunting show. I try to run it every year one way or

another and it's called Hot Bird and it stars Barry Forbes.

Welcome.

You work each bird as an individual. Usually when I'm calling I'll give you know you

you help there your clocks he'll gobble. If I call and he's waiting a half minute

before he gobbles back.

That's telling me that, yeah, he's probably going to come, but he's taking his time.

If I call and he immediately cuts me off and comes back with a single double or a triple gobble.

I'm finding me a place to set.

What he's telling me is, he is a hot bird and he's looking for a hen and he's found one and

he's on his way. the more he gobbles the

harder he is.

So yeah you're basically trying to tell him that you're the hardest best looking hen in the world and all he's got to do is come over to meet you because

you're ready and willing. If you can convey that point to him you're all set you know

he's going to come. And he's already got three hens with him that are telling him the same thing.

At which point he may come, may not.

Now and then I'll work the hens with the idea of if I can draw one of the

hands he's quite apt to follow. I'll still stay a hand but I will mimic her sometimes.

She'll yell knock on right back with the same thing she'd But I will mimic her sometimes.

She'll yell, knock on right back with the same thing she just said.

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