The Tom I shot yesterday in Maine gobbled up a storm and
came in on a string to 25 yards where I shot him before he
could get any closer. He was probably the smallest Tom I've ever shot,
weighed less than 15 pounds ( 7 " beard and 5/8 spurs ). I'm
thinking from a late brood 2 years ago or he was just the runt of
the litter. However what he lacked in size he more than made up
for in gobbling bravado. This was at 10:15 am after checking
numerous other spots from before fly down on and he was the first
at all cooperative Tom.