I am with out a doubt the stupidist human being on the face of the earth, at least for today I am.

Keep telling myself to be about 200 yards from where I park the truck by 10:00 am. But I refuse to listen to the little voice in my head.

Have seen this specific bird a couple times this year and even last year when I have walked back to my truck.

Sunday morning my son and Ijoked about it as when we were hunting a different spot.

So today I head to the property and about the time I had planned on moving (9:15)I see a Tom out in the field, with two hens. Called to him, he couldn't care less. After he walked out of sight a hustled I around to a spot where I can see really well and watched this bird strut behind these hens and walk in the woods with ten yards of where I had planned on sitting at excatly 10:35.Ten minutes later six hens came out of the same with another nice Tom behind them.

The reason I feel stupid is becuase I hadn't hearda gobble since a little after six and knew my best chance was to get where I knew birds would be, based on sightings and scouting. But I just had to get where I could hear and see well. It was a great vantage point allright, watched him walk in right where I should have been.

This Tom has at least a 10 inch beard and is a butterball, he waddles when he walks.

I did that too this year. I was just lazy.

I did it once this year as well but layed him out the next day. There's been 3 longbeards hanging around the same place where I killed my bird last week but I've been kinda of leary of hunting it again so soon. In fact, I hunted it Saturday morning and saw nothing but hens. I'm gonna try them again in the morning.

God Bless,

Ray

Well Charlie, thats sucks! Good luck for the rest of your season!

Im sure you'll get in that spot at the right time sooner or later![8D]

Go get him!

Didn't hunt that property today. Same thing with the Toms being henned up though,didn't hear a gobble after 6:15.

I do this approximately once a year. That's why I love turkey hunting. The scenario is usually never the same and approach has to be different from one year/one dayto the next.

There's no doubt in my mind when I set up in the perfect spot, he'll come out where I was watching from on Tuesday.