a few years back, i was scouting and i found a honey hole. this place was loaded w/ gobblers. well i located this giant boss gobbler. and the first time i saw him he just happened to walk by me then stopped and must have been his strut zone and just strutted and i could not believe how big this bird was. i mean the beard on it looked like 2 paint brushes the spurs from what i saw where long and sharp as they come, but themost crazy part was just the over all size of this bird, he was huge.another thing aboutthis bird was his gobble, it just was different,differentthan all the others out there..well lets just say i was going to hunt for this bird, first day i was so pumped and ready. i went out and nothing only heard one gobble about a mile away. but that's okay i thought i had the whole first week off of work..[/align]day 2[/align]i hear gobblerseverywhere, it wascrazy fromone day to the next. well i heard my bird and hewas on the otherside of thehollow. well before i couldmove i had other birds all around meso i thought id stay put and maybe he will come over.. well i saw 2 longbeards that day but i passed them up for thisbig guy..he never made it.[/align]day 3 [/align]hunters everywhere, public land.. birds shut up right after fly down[/align]day 4[/align]heard a shot a few hundred yards away, was wondering if it was the bird i wanted, but i didn't find out.[/align]day 5 and 6 heard a few and saw a few jakes but never heard or saw the big boy. thought someone must have gotten him.[/align]day 7[/align]driving up the mountain and got a flat tire. OH NO im gong to be late, not for my last day till the following weekend... so i was like a pit crew guy changing that tire on my truck in the dark.. got up there and was picking them up and putting them down, still i was late i wasent going to make it where i wanted to go. so i just stopped and was listened.. well about 2 min later GOOBBBBLBLBLBBLBLBLLEEE holly crap that sounded like big boy could it be, GBOBOBOOBOBOLLLE yep its him, its game time he is less than 100 yards away. this is it i thought this is the day. i set up, called to him, he hit me back, again and again and boom here he comes. i shut up, and he is coming being loud and going nuts, im shaking and all the sudden i see him he is about 60yrds out, and its him big boy.. this is it he is coming in like a 2yr old. all the sudden PUTT and took off out of the state.. i lookover my shoulderand i see this orange hat coming my way about 100 yrds out.. public land.. never heard or saw that bird ever again. [/align]