I picked a nice big tree to sit against. I had about half an hour to wait till first light. Then I heard a 4 wheeler on the other side of the woods so I knew someone else was hunting too. I was using the 11 hundred, a shotgun my dad bought when he was duck and goose hunting a lot in the old days. Somehow I have had possession of it for many years and he hasn't asked for it back. I usually only use it for deer hunting. I bought a slug barrel for it back in the early 70's and just last year bought a new one that has a scope mount. Anyway, for turkey hunting I put the original full choke barrel back on it. 
I remember going quail hunting with my uncle Buddy and using it for the first time, when I was about 13. We must have found 6 coveys and I never got a feather. Anyway, back to the turkey hunting. I heard the first gobble 150 or so yards to my left. It was early, not much light in the woods, so I didn't try to call him. I was afraid if he did come to me I wouldn't see him. Then a little later one started gobbling really close. The other hunter started calling with his hen call. He sounded like he was 200 yards behind me, so I started calling too. I'm using this box call.
The call was given to me by a customer, he gave me the box of shells too.
The turkey was gobbling back real nice but he seemed to be moving. It sounded like he was in a tree but I couldn't see him. The other hunter and I must have called to him for half an hour. Then I saw him coming. He was struting to my left behind me about 60 yards or so. He went out of sight and moved around to the other side of the tree. I got my gun up in position for the shot. He came back through the opening and I was afraid he wasn't close enough for a sure shot. Then out from the top of a tree, right behind me, flies a turkey to the ground - just past my tom and then another one too. I never saw or heard them again. I decided to head back and check the field before leaving. I measured the distance and he had been about 48 yards when I had a shot. That may be a little far - I have till the end of May to get him. I picked up my decoy and I'm walking out the path and right at the end stand two big turkeys! I dropped to the ground, stuck the decoy in the path, and crawled to the side of the patch and gave them a couple of calls. In just a few minutes I see a turkey coming to me from the left. I tried to get my gun on him and he saw me and away he went. He was close, if I had a little cover he would been in the pot!I walked to my clover field and checked it. Nothing there. Back down the path I go.
I get half way and I hear a big flush, I look to the right and see some doves, then the biggest turkey yet flies right over me. That was 3 chances - a very exciting morning hunt. This may be one of the turkeys - the deer cam got these pictures.
He is in the clover going past my camera 
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