Finally made it happen today. After getting back from up north late Saturday I caught up with all the lawn chores down here for a couple days while watching the weather closely. It was to get down into the 30s last night and there was just a slight breeze with sunshine predicted for today, so I slept in and instead of being out for any 5:40AM gobbles at daylight, I didn't go out until after 9AM about 10 miles from the house. The farmer who leases the 40 acres a friend of mine owns where I planned to hunt was planting soybeans on the southern end of the property, so I headed to the north end where I always like to hunt anyway. I dropped down a wooded hillside off the edge of the open field about 60 yards and set up 25 yards from a stream and wet area that is so mucky right now that you can sink in 4' if you're not careful. I got set up against a big maple tree and hit the Lynch box call with some low yelps and then built it up quite loud with no responses. I sat still looking for a bird to come in silent and after about 6 or 7 minutes hit the call again like the first time. About 2 minutes later I had two big jakes come over a little rise and they were dang near in my lap off to my right with the leader being the biggest before I saw them. They were really putting, but no gobbles whatsoever as they came in! The big one got on by me going downhill and the other just turned away and was gone back over the little rise, but I'm sure he hadn't seen me because he didn't give an alarm putt to warn the other bird. That bigger lead bird turned north and went on down into the bottom mucky area and I was able to get turned around toward him and gave him some low purrs. All I could see was his red head occasionally as he came back across the heavy wet area putting and heading back to where they had come from. When he was in some real heavy cover I got ready and when he hit one small opening where I could see all of his head and neck I let him have it with one of those new 3" #6 Longbeard XRs I bought this year! He was right at 40 yards and it knocked him down like it was 4 yards, so I'm sold on these new Winchester loads! It wasn't 15 minutes from the time I sat down to the gun going off and was by far the fastest hunt I've ever had in the turkey woods. He's all dressed out and soaking in cold water in the frig. before I freeze the breasts to eat later and I'll crock pot the legs and thighs in some mushroom soup over night and have them for supper for a day or two. Life is good even though I didn't think the turkey gods were going to make it happen this year!