some of you been following my frustration and helping me with my setup and tactics.......last saturday i made a dumb move and got busted before i even started hunting.....today finally got to go back.....set up to the left in an old orchard an hour before dark....practiaclly belly crawling in...first setup i was too close to the field...thought i went farther then i did....and was in a bad position....so as day was breaking i snuck deeper into the old orchard...found a nice open lane...CRAWLED the decoy out to it...crawled back..set up...birds started going nuts all around me...CLOSE...one was at the end of the lane the decoy was on! settled in......let out a flydown and beat my hat...he went NUTS.....i know he looked and seen te decoy...i was in brush and big trees all around me but the decoy was 5yds away on the lane...he kept going nuts....i had sticks under me so i moved them and made it sound like a hen scratching....hes going bonkers...he hits the ground...still going nuts..double and triple gobbling...i hit the slate one more time pretty excitedly to seal the deal..he was COMING and coming fast....the whole time theres birds ALL around going off....but this one was on his way...then all the sudden to my left a hen lets out.....only 30yds away or so...i was like crap....but knew he was coming and seen the decoy..so i figured with any luck except bad luck he would came in view of my gun sooner or later....then i hear brush busting...slowly look over.....a hunter!!!!!!!!!! atleast 1...maybe 2...when i seen them that time i thought i seen 2...could be the new contacts lol...then i seen the hunter walk back and forth through a clearing...i was scared...the decoy is between him and me...i didnt wanna move to pull out the orange in fear of him seeing that and shooting the decoy at that time....at that point the turkeys didnt matter my life did....they finally settled in and were STUMPED as to why ALL the birds shut up....sitting there trying every type of call they could think of...they were behind a BIG bunch of bushes at that time so i grabbed the orange.....grabbed my decoy and got out of there....i dont know who they are or where they came from...i was jacked....i wake up an hour early and thats what i get....no doubt in my mind if they werent there id be telling a diffrent story and posting pics.....that bird was running my direction.....all that happend in the matter of about 2 minutes....i hope they didnt get any shooting at my birds.....and hope they seen me leave and left too instead of spooking them all day......i still got lots of time.....but thats the second time in a week that i know the birds got spooked...so i dont know how the rest of the season will pan out....thats about the only spot i got here at home to hunt thats producing....im about sick of PA......3 more years....hunting AND fishing here is about a joke...i love turkey hunting more then anything....but im about to hang up the 870 till im out of the state....thats the second time in a week something like that happend...tuesday i had someone shoot a bird off of me i think at a spot up at college..he shot and was CLOSE..less then 100yds away...i heard the action of his gun work..went over to see him and the bird...and appologize if i was calling to HIS bird....but i never seen him...heard him..nothing.....i think he knows he shot my bird and was hiding...he was probably walking when he seen my bird coming to me...thats why he took 2 shots...i understand sometimes sitting you can and will still miss.....but it was quick shootin...and he was nowhwere to be found...