I drove by the 1st farm and glassed the feilds for turkeys. 2 hens, that was it. Went to Daves farm, headed back about 2:45 pm. Got about 1/2 way across his farm and spotted a turkey walking in a feild about 250 yards away taking a trail past me about 100 yards, towards a swamp. I crawled to a tree and made a couple calls not sure if it was a big hen or a tom through all the cover, it looked to dark colored to be a Tom and to light colopred to be a hen Anywho, it stopped when I called and staired in my direction but never gobbled or strutted. it turned and started coming in my direction but after a little way it lost interest and tuned back in the direction it was going. It dissapeared behind a treeline towards the swamp and I figured it might come down the treeline and pop out in front of me. I waited about 15 or 20 minutes and it never showed and I was doughting it was a tom or had one in tow since I never got a gobble or a fan. I stood up and headed for the back of the farm as soon as I walked around the treeline there he stood in full strutt. about 30 yards away. It dropped its fan and stuck its head up at me sideways and trotted into the swamp... Just a jake, don't know why it didn't gobble or strutt when I was calling it? unless it was a different bird?

Went to the back of the farm over looking a large swampy area that has produced some good birds in past years and called... No anser. Ran back to the truck with just an hour of hunting time left. Ran back over to the 1st farm... Limpy the jake was out with a hen in one feild and a lone hen was out in another. Drove right past and headed for some public ground, the 1st two honey holes had no birds at all But when I got to the last spot, there were two big toms all by themselves in a feild headed for the public woods I looked at the clock I still had almost 20 minutes!!!! Time to get r done!!!

I drove around to the other side of the public and parked and ran to where the turkeys were headed feeling I made great time and they should still be about 50 to 75 yards over the hill. I set up the camera and positioned myself. I started a hen yelp on my box call when suddenly a big fat blue head poked over the hill about 25 yards away and back out of site in an instant. I waited thinking maybe they were still coming after 5 minutes I hen yelped once... No anser. BUZZER. Out of time. Got up and looked over the hill, I could see for almost a mile, they were no where in site. When I looked back at my set up from the turkeys peek a boo position, i could see part of my camera shineing in the light where the camo tape had come loose. Oh well, pile on a little more experiance and some more character... Right.