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Mitch and I went out tonight after I got home from work and put together another great hunt. We headed into some big timber and set up on a ridge. Mit was 15 yards North of me and I was a little over the West side of the North/South ridge. I started calling every 15 minutes, alternating between soft purrs and gobbles. I've done better late in the day with strictly gobbles. About 45 minutes in we heard a gobble to the NW of us followed by one a little NE. Down in a field below us. It sounded like a jake at first so I really wasn't paying a lot of attention to it. It sounded like the bigger bird was to the NW. Then a couple started hammering across the street to the East. The bird to the NE appeared to be circleing around us to the East while the NW bird was slowly coming in. The bird is now straight SE of me and I can tell he's getting closer and now I'm second guessing my lack of repositioning. I start to twist to the right when I see one run 20 yards behind me and start to putt. I got the gun up but he knew something wasn't right and slowly putted and gobbled back to the North. Just out of Mits range. There he walked up on a hill 70 yards in front of him and strutted,drummed and gobbled for the next 30 minutes. 3 hens came in and started feeding past us on the West heading away from the tom but he must have lost interest and walked off. I saw Mitch turn back around and face NW agian. It was 7:20 and I thought we'd just stick it out until 8 when I hear something walking from NE to the West. I see Mit look and then slowly start moving his gun to the right. I can see him bearing down and the see a tom just to the right of him and 30 yards out. I hear him shoot and the bird crumbles. Another great bird for him this year and he's not done yet Ended up being 22lb-5oz,1-1/4" spurs and 9-1/2" beard.

He's done for the second season and heading to school tomorrow so it looks like I'm on my own tomorrow. I might pick him up his Minnesota tag for this weekend depending on the weather and let him go for #3.

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