hit the woods today to chase some birds first set up seemed to be a good one birds all over got set up and did some soft calling for a half hr or so and here comes a tom all alone and he was closing the distance fired a shot off and……….MISS 
but i got over it and moved on to the next spot got there and started my way up the field road and as i rounded th corner theres a tom with a hen 
so i backed off and tried to swing around them watching them as i was trying to cut em off i noticed they where not going any where so i tried to call and pull him off his hen and nothing he could care less wouldnt even give me one gobbble 
so i started to close the distance army crawling the hole way after i thought i was about as close as i was going to get and still not being close enough i started calling agin and the tom could care less but the hen on the other hand thought somthing sounded good and started to feed my way but to my surpise the hen got closer and closer till next thing i know i could of spit on her then she seen me and sounded the alarm and off she went but other than running away from me she ran right past me and left her tom sitting there lost so i held tight 
and waited thinking he is going to want that hen back being he was lost and had no clue why she left after about another ten min he started heading in the way his hen went and let left him wide open and thirt yards so i let the 870 sing 
stopped him in his tracks not my biggest tom but at 20lbs 1 inch spurs and a 9 inch beard im happy with it 
better than eating my tag try to post some pics later 
April 25, 2010 at 6:04 pm
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ususally Thanksgiving or during turkey season when it’s in the back of my truck