well guys this moring i was out hunting and at about 7:30 everything had shut down for the day so i thought. at about quater till i began to gather my things and stood up to get my decoy and head home for some much needed sleep. Foolish me i went straight to my decoy and never looked around first. i went to pull it up and for some reason felt i should look behind so i slowly swiveled and in the field about 50 yrds out there was 9 toms out feeding so i slowly went back to my tree. took a few deep breaths after that rush and got out my slate. i yelped id say probably 4 times and then waited. i slowly kinda stretched up and using my binos saw the beast comin straight in so i yelped a little more and he came in full strut up to the fence some 9 yards away. he was dead locked on henrietta the decoy and was really working on a place to cross the fence giving me time to put my call down and get the gun up. i whistled and he let the strut down and whistled again to get his neck up soon as it went up HE went down. 23lbs 9 1/2" beard and 1" spurs his tail feathers from the base to the top of the fan was 16". used a remington 870 exp mag 12ga and federal premier mag shok 3" 1 3/4oz. five shot. he did a whole flip and kicked twice. end of tommyboy. i felt i should share my story and maybe give some advice or at least a laugh at the mistakes of a first year hunter. will post pics when developed and providing i can get them on here.

OH Ive had that happen to me as well. Congrats on a nice bird...

wish that would have happened for me but they waited til i got back 10 mins later from checking another feild and they were already out but i was extremely relieved that it was about a 4 in bearded jake scared me i thought it was the monster i saw teh day before

Patience boys, patience.

Congratulations
That was a good story
Its almost like I was there.
Now if I can only get one to come in like that LoL

Thank god for 2 year olds and green fields

And they taste just as good as 3 or 4 year olds.

how do i post pictures or can i send them to anyone to be put up i got them back i just need to get them on here thanks

Congrats!!!

great story and congrats on the bird

You can send me the pic if you want and I'll post it for ya.