I headed down to TN for opening weekend to carry the camera and tag along with GN.

First morning...

GN had knocked on the doors in the winter and found a new place which he had scouted earlier in the week and located several gobblers around a small green field absolutely littered with droppings... BIG droppings! He had several places to look at, But thought this place should be the first stop. He had the plan all laid out when I arrived Friday night. We got up really early Saturday morning and it was supposed to be beautiful...Good thing we started earlier as the closer we got to the place, the slower the drive and the thicker the fog got. It is a white out when we get out of the truck. We slipped in to this field edge, put out 2 hens and a jake decoy, built a small blind with a stake blind and some cedars and settled in, realizing we could not see 50 yards at the most. The fog was thick and we really didn't expect much, if any, gobbling. I got the video setup and ready. Sure enough daylight started to break and the woods were quiet. Just at 6:00 AM GN says "I hear a hen yelping right there." She yelp once more and then she flew directly into the field edge. She had barely touched the ground when a huge commotion came out of the trees right where she came from, but this one had wings flapping and limbs breaking. GN said it sounded like a B52 stalled out and was coming in, smashing timber and clearing a landing path! It was obviously a big gobbler and he landed in the field probably 70 yards out. We do not know because we could not see him for the fog, We just estimated where the wreckage was! It was still so dark and foggy that the camera couldn't pick the gobbler up and focus. We had no idea where the hen went but on GN's call we started some soft talk to him and there he appeared in the fog, headed our way. He was really doing the dance... spitting and drumming and approaching the jake decoy in a serious mode. He got right up to the jake and sort of bluffed an attack on him and then backed away partially dropping out of strut. At that GN decided to end the show and shot him at 25 steps. GN continued his streak of big gobblers with one that had A 1.5 spur and one that is closer to 1.625 and an 11â€

Congrats to two fine gentlemen on great hunts!!!

You two are at it again this year ..

Congratulations.. awesome stories and memories to last a lifetime.

Congratulations on a wonderful hunt!

That was a great story. Congrats.....

Tom

Awesome pics and nice story!

Good job guys. Now bring some of that action back to good ole VA.

barry

Fellows, if that doesn't get you fired up about our up and coming season opener, nothing will. Somehow I knew this trip for you Freddy would find you behind the gun at some point!

Man... I'm concerned about Tennessee's population... with GN and Freddy in the woods they don't have a chance!

Good goin guys... It'd be a great season if you didn't even go to the woods again! Congratulations on 2 INCREDIBLE days!!

Congrats guys, I hope the rest of ur season is as exciting as it has been so far!

Great story. It was as good reading it as it was you telling it to me on the phone. Hey I cant wait till Diablo sees those light colore Spurs, he will go nuts. AWESOME HOOKS GN!
Congrats to both of you.

Good job Freddy and GN!! Just stay in Tenn. or anywhere away from were i hunt ya'll are to dangerous on the turkeys.

Doug

Fantastic looking hooks on that bird!!! Congrats.

Wow - what a great hunt!!! I didn't want the story to end!!! Nice work guys!!!

Congrats to both!!! Great hunt and great story...