WELL FOLKS  ITS APRIL 20TH  AND I HAD THE TIME TO TRAVEL DOWN TO SOME LAND MY  BROTHERING LAW  RON TAFFER HAS UNDER LEASE.. GOT THERE  ABOUT 45 MINS BEFORE DAY LIGHT . BUT WASN'T ABLE TO FIND A BIRD. TILL RIGHT AT DAY LIGHT . THATS WHEN A TOM CUT LOOSE  WAY  BACK ON THE  BACK SIDE OF THE HUNT CLUB LAND.. SO I HOT FOOTED IT  BACK TO HIM.I WAS ABLE TO GET WITH IN 80 YARDS OF HIM .BECAUSE I WAS IN THICK PINES AND HE WAS UP IN A LARGE OLD WHITE OAK.RIGHT ON OUR PROPERLY LINE. I PUT OUT A DECOY HEN AND SET UP . I STARTED  CALLING REAL LOW  AND  HAD HIM GOBBLING BACK TO ME EVER 30 SEC. THIS WENT ON FOR 15 MIN'S. BUT WHEN HE FLEW DOWN . HE BAILED OUT THE OTHER WAY..NOW HE WAS 150 YARDS AWAY.DOWN IN A OPEN HARD OAK BOTTOM. HE STARTED  MOVING UP AND DOWN THAT BOTTOM CALLING HIS HEAD OFF  .BUT HE WASN'T COMING BACK UP THE HILL.. SO I MOVED  UP TO THE EDGE OF THE HARD OAKS .WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 YARDS AWAY. THATS AS FAR AS I COULD GO.BECAUSE THE BOTTOMS WHERE HE HAD FLOWN TO WAS OFF OR LAND. I WAS ETHER GOING TO CALL HIM BACK OR  GO BUSTED.I RESET UP AND STARTED WORKING HIM AGAIN .HES ABOUT  90 YARDS OUT AND OVER A HILL.. FOR THE NEXT 35 MIN'S THAT TOM AND I REALLY .FELL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER ...WELL THAT'S  WHAT WE WAS TELLING EACH OTHER.ONLY PROBLEM WAS .WE BOTH WHERE  REAL SHY . JUST WHEN I NEW .I WASN'T GOING TO TALK HIM INTO COMING IN . OFF IN THE FAR BOTTOMS I HEARD A NEW TOM CUT IN GOBBLE GOBBLE..MINS LATER HE'S MOVED IN TO THE BOTTOMS WITH MY TOM..THATS ALL I NEEDED. OLD TOMMY THEIR WASN'T ABOUT TO LET THE 2ND TOM GET HIS SWEET HART.SO SEC'S LATER.I SEE HIS HEAD COMING AROUND THE HILL..WHEN HE GETS INTO ABOUT 35 YARDS. HE GO'S BEHIND A BLOW DOWN.AND I'M READY FOR HIM TO STEEP OUT .BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE SOMETHING HE SEES.AND TURNS BACK ,NOW I'M WORRIED.HE'S STILL SOME WHAT BEHIND THE  BLOW DOWN.BUT I CAN SEE HIS NECK AND HEAD .SO I TAKE AIM AND GIVE HIM THE LEFT BARREL. BOO-OW.WHEN I LOOK BACK  TO THE SPOT.I SEE THE TOM GOING UP INTO THE AIR  ABOUT 6 FEET OFF TO THE SIDE.I COME TO MY FEET .HOPING TO GET A FINISHING SHOT ON HIM . WELL HE FLEW ABOUT 20 YARDS AROUND ME .AND ENDED UP ABOUT 45 YARDS OUT WHEN HE SIT BACK DOWN.I PUT THE RIGHT BARREL ON HIM AND STARTED TO PULL THE TRIGGER.WHEN/// I HEARD A THMMMMM THMMM OFF TO WHERE I HAD SHOT HIM THE FIRST TIME.I NEW THAT SOUND ALL TO WELL. THATS A TOM THATS BEEN SHOT AND HE'S DOING HIS DEATH  DRUMMING .I LOOK  BACK THAT WAY AND COULD SEE THE  TOM THERE BEHIND THE BLOW DOWN.HE NEVER MOVED. IT WAS THE 2ND TOM THAT HAD FLOWN UP. I NEVER SAW HIM  AT FIRST.. I LOOK OVER AT HIM AND HE LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME SIZE. A 2 YEAR OLD BIRD ALSO//.THIS WAS 3 TOM'S FOR ME  THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME .SO I WATCH MR TOM NUMBER 2 JUST WALK AWAY.IT WAS JUST HIS LUCKY DAY.IF THIS  HAD BEEN OPEN MORNING  .......WELL I  LIKE TO THINK I WOULD HAVE MADE THAT SHOT ALSO..MY TOM ENDED UP WEIGHTING 18 IB AND HAD 3/4 SPURS WITH A 10 INCH BEARD.  .I TELL YOU IT'S  NICE TO  HAVE FOLKS WHO WILL LET YOU HUNT THEIR LAND,EVER TIME I LOOK AT MY  LOVING WIVE.I'M THANK FULL SHE HAD A BROTHER.. YEA BROTHER'S OR NICE TO HAVE BUT DON'T FOR GET THE BROTHERING LAW'S ALSO///// WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK.. DONNIE KNIGHT