Streak Continues (20 years in a row)

My streak was on line. I hunt the same location every year and this year there did not seem to be much around as I did not get but a few Jakes on camera all winter leading up to the season. I was out once before the season and did not hear a bird gobble anywhere. This area is proven though so I still had high hopes. Opening morning I do like I always do, I have a permanent blind built on a rise in a corner of an ag field. I put out my Jake strutter decoy and a hen decoy but when I walked over to my blind I flushed a bird that was roosted right in the corner of the field. My heart sank and as I knew it was probably a Tom and screwed that up. The morning was slow without any gobbles or sightings, not even a hen. I was determined to stay all day though. At 3:30 pm, half dazed of bordem I spot a hen in the field probably 200 yards out. Finally something to watch. It was 10 minutes later, out of nowhere, I see a Tom standing in the corner of the field like a ghost that popped up from the ground. I slowly raised my gun and at 35 yards "boom" it happened that quick. After sitting for 10 1/2 hrs my hunt was over in a matter of seconds.

This makes 20 years in a row that I was fortunate to be blessed with an Indiana bird. He weighed 24.5 lbs, 10 3/4 inch beard and 1 1/8 inch spurs. I am not the best turkey hunter out there but luck and patience kills most of my birds.

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