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Finally....a long beard (pic)

As some of you all have seen I have been taking a few pictures of some good mature gobblers while doing some pre-season scouting. Well our season opened the 26th and all I have been able to call up are 12 jakes and a few 2 year olds. Today my luck changed, I was up and about before daybreak in my favorite part of my pasture. I started hearing a few gobbles about the time you could see a little. I headed slowly towards the one that sounded the closest but after a few tree yelps the tom must have had some hens due to the fact he turned away from me and his response got further away. Ok, I continue some soft yelping with a diapham and then got more aggressive to no avail. I then decide to go else where, while walking and glassing for birds I hear a distant gobble so I head that direction and get a good solid GOBBLE and about 200 yards. I yelped again and man he thundered back, this time he sounded like he closed the distance. I hurriedly set up my decoy and found a good mesquite to sit by. I did change to a Close Calls box and he continued coming in, I then went with some soft purrs go get em into 35 yards. I dropped him a Benelli Nova with 3 1/2 Winchester Supreme #5's and Briley choke.

The Rio weighed in a 21 lbs, had 11" beard and sported 1 1/8" spurs, not bad for the first 20 minutes of the day:D lol

I have 2 down and 2 more tags to fill if I get the chance.

Sorry for the ranting....doubleA