Had a nice tom strut in a field yesterday, would not budge from his 5 lady friends. Later on in the day, called in a mess of jakes, I counted 8. Just out of range at noon...

Set-up this morning closer to the roosted birds. Set out the dekes. Called in three jakes right off the roost, to within 10 yards. Had them going bezerk, and they fired up some others that had worked into a field.

I called aggressively and pulled those birds in, only to find 5 more jakes at 10 yards. They eventually worked off...I thought I might have had an actual longbeard working in the distance, but after an hour (and 72 degree weather), I decided to call it a day at ~9.

Lotta season left, should have some nice weather next week I hope, as 80+ degrees is never good for turkey hunting this early in the season...

Were those longbeards you harvested artie, or jakes?