On my first hunt this season I called in three birds: a longbeard, a medium sized bird, and a jake. They came in from my left, so in order to shoot I would have had to move and risk spooking them. I decided the best option was to let them go past me and then move while their backs were to me. It worked like a charm!! After they went past the jake wandered into the woods the longbeard was at about 40 yards and the other bird was about 10 yards closer that the longbeard. They were both looking down the trail for the phantom hen and had don clue I was behind them. I took my time, put my bead on the longbeard' s head, and squeezed the trigger. I still don' t know who was more surprised, me or the longbeard!! He was trying to figure out where the loud noise had come from and I was trying to figure out why he wasn' t dead! I froze for a second and considered firing another shot at him, but I decided I must have ranged him wrong, so I took aim on the closer and smaller bird and let him have it. I was very releived when he went down.

Two good things came from this experience: First, the smaller turkey had two beards and he is the only double bearded turkey I have taken. Second, I decided to spend the extra money and try some Hevi Shot; I will never go back to lead shot after the success I had with it the remainder of the season