Phil from Maine

Maine bird down and the hunting has been hard with our low numbers.. I have been on vacation last week and hunted everyday and never heard a bird gobble back. Not even one time and I saw two nice toms alone but no response. This morning I saw four jakes, two jakes together one alone in different areas. Then I went and tried another area and two hens showed up with two toms and a jake in tow. I did manage to get a shot at one of the toms. That one turns out to be my heaviest tom ever. Here a big Tom normally is 18 to 20 pounds. This one had a 10 inch beard with 3/4 inch spurs weighing 23 pounds! I am quite proud of this one. But then again I am proud of getting any bird anyway..