I'll start by saying I took this bird with a scatter gun, but I spend all my time in this forum. Went out this morning and roosted this bird, but as soon as he hit the ground he shut up. We had a hen come into our set all riled(sp?) up, but no beards. We got the dekes up and started towards a pasture and my friend Travis hit the call once and a gobbler sounded off not 60 yards beside us. We circled around and set minus the dekes and once the calling started he came a running. This is my first turkey and the second time I've even seen a turkey in the wild so you can imagine my excitement. The gobbles sounded like thunder as he topped the ridge looking for his mate. He came down a hill in front of me and crossed a creek, then went into full strut. I let him strut for a second and he stuck his head out to gobble and I pulled the trigger. Shot him at 33 paces with a Remington 870, he flopped around back into the creek. I wasn't sure how long the beard was when I first seen him, heck I didn't care. Well, wet it measured 10 1/2 inches with spurs a little over an inch long. Here are some pictures, needless to say I'M HOOKED