Ever had a big gobbler come in totally silent and then spit and drum about 10 yards behind you when you had no clue he was even there. Thats exactly what happened to me yesterday. Luckily Ihad two hens in my decoys and was being very still otherwise I probably wouldn't have even known he was there.

The morning started out great as I heard the same (probably) 5 toms as I had the other day gobbling on the roost.I was going back and forth with some of the hens, who were not to happy with me trying to steal their men. I could hear them flying down inside the woods as I was set up just outside of it in afield where I had found a lot of good sign.There was almost constant yelps or gobbles for an hour after the birds flew down, by far one of the best mornings ever in the turkey woods for me.

Well after the spitting and drumming that seems to resonate in your chest like a huge drum I can hear the tom walking towards me (10 feet). I still can't see him and I'm afraid if I move the hens will bust me and the jig would be up. So all of a sudden the tom takes off runnning at my decoys, which I had a jake mounting a hen and another hen next to them, and once he got to the decoys he realized something was not right.He made it about another 5 feet. He was a dandy bird 68.25 is the final score. I'll try to post a picture later this week. My wife took the pictures and they are not very good. Congratulations to everyelse who has been fortunate enough to take a bird as well. Troy