First Turkey Ever! South Bend, IN

So I've been hunting hard trying to get my first bird. I've been hunting on very good active land, I have the right gear, and my calling is plenty fine. It seems the only problem I had was I was trying to do too much for a beginner. I was trying to get a bow kill and tape it myself. I figured the season ends tomorrow and I do not want to sit on my tag so I ended up dropping all of my gear. Blinds, tripods, cameras, chairs, ect... All Gone. All I took this morning was my calls, a jake decoy, my shotgun, and my old cammies from when I was in the Marine Corps. Basic gear. First off let me tell you it is so much nicer not carrying, well, ANYTHING. I got into my spot way quieter than normal and I actually setup just off of their strut zone. I had 4 gobblers, 1 jake, and multiple hens all within 50 yards roosted. When it got light out, the tree directly in front of me (25yards) had a gobbler in it roosted so close I could of hit him with a rock. They were going off as early as the other local birds this morning. Nothing thunderous but they definetly were not being quiet. I purred like 4 times very soft and clucked once right before it got light out. At 6:05 AM this morning the first gobbler that came down happened to land about 20 yards in front of me, pecked my decoy twice, and then I blasted him. It was actually too easy. If it wasn't my first bird, there wouldn't of been much excitement. I think the hardest thing I did this morning was look for the spent shotgun shell to save as a trophy. Even when I went to get it checked in, I arrived as soon as the meat shop owners got there. I figure next year I will be a little more choosy on my birds, and I will try harder for a bow kill but for now I am happy as can be.

16 1/2 lbs 5mm spurs and 6 1/2 beard