Last year I was at a buddies farm and see a Tom strutting and gobbling across the road. I had my gun but no shells so I jump in my truck and run the hardware store. No turkey loads so I buy the next best thing they had, a box of steel #4.
I setup where it looked like he would cross but after an hour no dice so I decide to move.
Walking thru the scrub I hear a gobble close so I just go down on one knee, no dekes or real cover at all, I wait. Within 2 mins I see the head bobbing thru the brush, definetly a tom so I stand and shoot.
One shot with steel duck load and no call or set-up got me an 80+ double beard that helped us win the whole contest last year.