I have Killed alot of birds in my 30yrs of Turky hunting But I guess my most memberal would be a hunt that took place 5yrs ago I was working 2 birds comming in to the front of me . The tree I was set up aginst was loaded with some type of birds that was so noise that I could barly hear the Toms when they Gobbled, all of a sudden the birds in the trees left so I made a Call to see were the gobblers were all of a sudden I heard some thing running in behind me and then the dredded sound of CHut VERRRRR and wings dragging the leaves a tom had come running into me from staight behind me he was just on the back side of the tree I was set up aginst. there I sat Slate call and stiker in hand gun accross my lap and a Tomno more than 3ft behind me All at once I could here him comming around the tree and so I held my breath and closed my eyes as he came Strutting around the tree he strutted up right aginst my arm as he came around he spotted my hen jake decoys and as he started twords them he stepped up on my leg then hedded straight for the decoys in full strut directly away from me so when I thought he was 10 or 15 yds away i opened one eye slid my call into my lap picked up my gun as he was in full strut his fan had me coverd from his headas I shoulderd my gun at this time he was about 20yds from me and about 6 yds from the decoys all of a sudden he stoped and started stompping his foot at the decoys kinda looked like one of my Roosters, as i click the safty off my 11-87 he heard it dropped his tail raised that head and well you know what the end result was I went home with a 23LB 11" beard & 1.5" spurred limbhangger Most excitting hunt I've ever had AWSOME !

Indiana SmokePole
Ron