alot of you guys been tryin to help me bag a particular bird.....so ill keep yall updated every day i hunt....if i do bag him youll get pics...till now....this mornings story goes like this.......tuesday i think it was i hunted across the gulley from where he and his hens roosts....he snuck by me once again....so this morning i set up farther left..100yds or so...he flys down and tends to walk down and through the area i was in...his hens hit the ground inbetween there and where i was last time...so i figured it would be a good spot....got there aound 505am.....sat down and waited.....the wind kinda picked up....then day broke....it was crazyness let me tell you....i bet i had near 10 gobblers gobbling at daybreak.....couldnt even pick out my bird...he has a distinct gobble....but there were so many all around me i couldnt tell.....just hoped hed do what he always does....well....i waited till they all hit the ground to call....i saw 2 birds fly out of his tree...think they were the hens....i called and they all shut up...uht oh....then a few mins later i called again...and a crow called after me....and they all went nuts...and closer.....i worked them a little...more silence then calls....had them all gobbling and going nuts.....2 behind me far away....probably 250-300yds away across a field....4 or 5 infront of me and a couple to my right.....the few infront and to the right were coming quick....going nuts....my heart was pounding....i couple i could pick out jake gobbles......the rest i couldnt tell....maybe 20 mins later they all calm down....gobbling still but not so hard....a few jakes and another bird gobbling infront of me and to the right....2 were particularly close....maybe 100yds tops....one right one infront of me..(i was facing his roost)....the one to the right came to the trees that bird usually roosts in...and hung up...i could hear him breaking sticks....gobbling....and walking around maybe 60-75yds infront of me...ontop of a hill and across a creek...im in the bottom....i wait and wait...then they ALL go nuts ....gobbling like ive never heard........then the woods went silent.....5 mins later i let out a few purrs and GOBBBBBBBLEOBBLE OBLE right infront of me...long gobble...he came back....5 mins later after 10 more gobbles and hearing footsteps i seen him......50-60yds ontop of that ridge...strutting like the king of the world.....MY boss tom ive been hunting....BIG ole bird....only thing i can think of is he went and kicked the crap outa the jakes because they were closing the distance....then came back to me.....got him to gobble maybe 10 more times....and he worked the ridge away from me....i wait till hes way out of sight....and found a cow path that goes through THICK bushes....crawled 100yds to my right and tried to fire him up but he was already gone.....its a dirt path and i didnt make a hint of noise....and was well below the bushes...he didnt see me...he just kept walkin.....it was another great morning.....but no bird.....hes killing me.....season doesnt end till...may 28th i believe......im hunting him tomarow...maybe a few days next week....that saturday and most of the next week i got plus saturday..........we shall see how it goes......my buddy said he might not hunt tomarow so he might beable to let me borrow a hen and jake decoy....that would be nice.....that should send him running.....looks like that birds hens have nests....and they ignore him and fly right to the nests.....normally they are with him all morning...now hes alone and gobbling hard.....i left early this morning because i didnt wanna spook him walking around.....figured it would be best to slip outa there and come back in the morning......tomarows up in the air.....ill probably try the same spot....maybe ill cross the TINY creek so he doesnt have to.....think thats what hung him up....and the fact he could see straight down to me and saw no hen........man i need to buy decoys......im sure the stores are still out.....turkey season they never have turkey hunting gear!!!!!! thanx alot guys.....any tips for me for tomarow???? ill probably hunt him all day tomarow depending on the weather.....ill just sit tight.....but i htink it may rain or storm.............