Today was my opener in Louisiana. Started out early hoping to hear gobbles so I could set up. I didn't roost a bird yesterday evening. When daylight came and zero gobbles, I started to worry a little. I moved around and called til about 10:00 with no luck. Not a peep. I went to get an early lunch at 10:30 so I could get back in the woods before noon. I got back at 11:30. I sat down and did a few series of calls, nada. I then set up about 12:15 on the edge of a fresh cutover where it meets a three year old cutover. I'm sitting on the woodline. I go here on a hunch thinking that some hens are nesting in the 3 yr. old cutover. I'm hoping the gobblers are nearby. I start a series of yelps, nothing. About 15 minutes later I here something running through the thick cutover. At first I thought it was a deer, but to my surprise it was two longbeards coming to investigate my calling.They never gobbled, so they kind of took me by surprise. Needless to say my gun wasn't up and ready. When they busted out of the thick cutover into the fresh cutover, they saw me. Fortunately I was only about 25 yards from where they came out. When they turned to go back in the thick cutover I threw my gun up and took the lead bird. He was actually the larger of the two. Not exactly the way I had planned it this morning, but I'll definately take any oppotunity I can get. He was a nice 3 year old bird. He weighed 19 lbs. 10 oz., had a 10 inch beard, and one spur was an inch and the other just under an inch. He officially scores 58.375.