After nearly two weeks of very little action I finally got my first one of the year this morning . Went back to the spot I had hunted opening morning on some public land and for once I had this spot to myself . I got around close to where I thought they would be roosting and sure enough at about 6:15 I heard one start gobbling . He was gobbling a lot but when he flew down he sailed all the way off the mountain and into a green field I thought because right after he got silent in the tree I heard him gobbling way down below me . I packed up and moved around the logging road and back down to where I thought he was at . After I got away from the creek where I could hear better I could tell he was in the grassy road that leads up to the field . I got set up again and after about 15 or 20 minutes of soft calling with my Twisted Sister he finally committed to coming back up the ridge . At about 45 yards he got spooked a little so I let him have it with a #6 Longbeard . 9 inch beard and 7/8 inch spurs . Not a big one I know but I was sure happy with him after the way my season has gone .
