D EALI NG WITH HENS sticking to their spots and me unable to maneuver. Things changed only when a real hen started calling behind me. The gobblers went crazy - and crept closer - as the hen and I aggressively called back and forth. All the while, she was making her way toward me, too. In fact, when I touched the trigger off on a longbeard, that hen was just a few yards away on my left. That marked one of but a few times when a hen helped me fill a spring turkey tag. GET THEM TALKING That's not to say I haven't dealt with hens plenty, though. Hunting gobblers in Pennsylvania and other states for more than four decades has taught me a trick or two when it comes to dealing with them. For starters, when calling to a gobbler that might be answering my calls, but not coming in to investigate, I concentrate on PANY-KEEPING GOBBLERS MAY 2022 3 Jacob Dingel