Took this one April 20 around 9:15am. have not heard a lot of gobbling on the roost this year, nor last year. This guy and 2 others opened up around 8:30 after I hit my box call. I got within 100 yds, but on the other side of a deep ravine with small creek. He made me crawl down and back up a 45 degree ridge to get to him. a few cutts and he answered back. Waited 10 minutes and the next gobble he was in range, standing in the wide open. Staring me down, I sat frozen as he stepped behind a bush. I could see him peering at me thru the brush, but didn't have a shot. He gobbled two more times and finally stepped back out in the open. Took two steps toward me and I must have shifted my weight in anticipation, cause he said "Putt" and took off. I had a running broadside shot which took him down at 30 steps. It never gets old.
Charlie
behind a tree, over a hill...Never to be seen again.