A nieghbor and I went out this morning. This is how it went. I woke up 5mins after he wanted to be in the woods, called his cell, he's there, I arrive at 4:25a. (he wanted in at 4:15a), so we start. as soon as we enter the woods, we kicked something out of the tree, we later found it to be an owl. Anyway, at 5a, we are whispering about what will happen. 5:10a, first gobble. roughly 50-60 Yards away. This bird is gobblin at anything and everything, we had crows, owls and songbirds goin, plus a thunderous gobble after each one. 5:20a, we call back, small yelp on the Black thunder Slate call. He answers, and then gobbles on his own. as our story progresses, we find ourselves at roughly 5:30 with this bird Really hott and coming...the Wrong way. We are setup with one blind spot, to my back, and his side. and guess where that bird came into. Yep, that one spot. at 5:40a, he is Thunderin and Drummin not 10 yards from my back. No one has seen him yet. We are in a forest, not too heavy in cover, isolated trees, with large open areas, we are in a clump of about 3 trees, with mosquito heaven. I, being the smart kid i am, try and get a looksy, and move. He Putts. I thought the gig was up, so i jump up, and so does my nieghbor, and he shoots twice, all we find is a broken off half piece of a wing feather as the bird flys away. Definetaly a Longbeard with no hens. now my question, even though i messed up roughly...4 times, will this bird be back this week? We till the 31st of may, and this is the second time we know of that this bird has been hunted this year, first and second time shot at this year. I just hope i didnt Mess up. This was the closest i've ever been, and the First bird I've ever called in. [:@][:'(]