I went the season without a bird this year and semi blew two chances besides letting a strutting/gobbling jake get by at 5 steps. Yes the middle tail feathers were taller so it wasn't beard rot.
Anyway, when I cleaned out my vest and reloaded it with calls I decided to put in all pot ,scratch and box calls that I did not use this year. I'll give it two weeks next spring and see if this makes any difference.
After having so many good seasons I chalk this one up as in the top two of all time WORST ever. This was all around us this year.Not superstitious but this sounds insane to start figuring out a year ahead how you are gonna really fool em next year.

I may even try parking my truck backwards to make em think I'm leaving. Yeah right.
Nice looking site here and a great atmosphere to fly up and spend the evening.