Look What Jr Went & Killed

Today was the second day of turkey season. Went out this morning turkey hunting with my middle son. We got to are spot about an hour before daylight. We put out some decoys along a fencerow. We had roosted a NICE long beard the night before. We had came so close to killing this bird yesterday, but could not get it done. We were talking with the neighbor and He had shot at this bird and missed. It had came off our property and onto his, but we were hunting another place that morning. We have hunted this bird for the last 2 years, and my son had missed him a couple of years ago. This old bird was not going to be fooled easily. At first light, He started gobbling. He finally flew down, but on the wrong side of our fence row. I started calling and he turned himself inside out gobbling. He strutted up to our fence row and could see are decoys, but would not cross over. You could hear him spit and drum the whole time. After some time another bird started gobbling to the south of us, and sounded like He was coming in as well. From my position I could not see the bird behind us, but my son could. I told him He was going to have to try and make something happen. He leaned forward and said that He had a small hole in the brush to shoot through. He had to raise up a little on both knees and lean forward. He asked if He should shoot, and I explained that I could not see the turkey, and He would have to make that decision. Next thing I hear is a loud BOOM!!, and my son is rolling one way and the bird is rolling backwards. This was his first long beard. He had shot a jake last year. Needless to say He and I were both overjoyed. The bird weighed 25 lbs, with 1 1/2 inch spurs, and a 10 1/2 beard. Looks like we are headed to the Taxidermist now....