Well I typed this once and something happened so I'll give the short version here.

The boss told me this morning that he wanted me to leave work early and go check out the company lease to find some birds. I obliged and took off about 3:45 this afternoon. I'd never been to the place before so I headed out with my map and shotgun to scout it out.

Ten minutes after going through the gate I found a small food plot enclosed in some tall cottonwoods that I thought looked good. I later found out that the plot is where my boss puts his deer stand. Anyway, I sat down and started puttin' and purrin' about 3 minutes later this guys began working his way down the trail to me. I positioned myself facing where I thought he would come out. At 50 yards two more birds crested the hill top behind him and were on a string right towards me. I didn't have a decoy it was just me in Enigma, the Benelli, and a double reed diaphragm call.

At 20 yards and closing the distance, I squeezed the trigger on my SBE II and it was game over. I was away from the truck for about 30 minutes total.

I'm not sure of his weight, but his bear is 10 1/8" and his spurrs are 1 1/8."