ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA

I had a nice mature tom come in on a string shortly after first light, only to miss the dang thing at 30 yards[:@] Needless to say since I was still looking for my first gobbler (this is my second season), I was very frustrated and a bit upset!
We have all been there. I missed the easiest shot in America on the 17th of April, then killed a bird 3 hrs later. Then he let out a big gobble, and at 6yds...WOW...you could actually feel the shockwave (has anyone else experienced this?
Yea, don't ya just loved that old throaty gobble that sendsyour heart rate & BP skyhigh!
Came to find out later that I shot both barells of the 10guage at the same time[&:] Oops...
I bet you didn't even feel it







And finally...yes I used my father's 10 guage doube barell. MY 12 guage needed some repair work done on it, so this canon was taken.




Sorry for the long winded post guys, put I'm still so pumped! What a crazy morning! Bird was taken at 6:50AM.