I waited about a minute and could not see anything, so gave out another series of yelps, and again got answers from 4 or 5 different gobblers in all directions around us ( WE WERE SURROUNDED!) and this time the gobbling came from much closer than the first answers I got. So again, I put my slate call down and grabbed my Paradox and waited for the parade to come to the decoys I had set up 20 yards out. I spotted a Jake about 100 yards away and coming our way, then he stopped at about 75 yards and looked at the decoys for a good minute. It was then I grabbed the slate again and gave a few purrs and put down the slate and again grabbed the Paradox and got ready hoping he would respond. Sure enough he came running right towards the decoys and stopped in front of my Jake decoy at 20 yards. It was right then I took the safety off and took aim for the vitals and let it fly, the arrow found it's mark and my Jake didn't go 10 yards and he was down!. I walked over and collected my bird from where he lay expired. Then I heard more gobbling coming from very close, so I hurried up and got back in the blind and told my father to get his shotgun ready there's couple of more coming in. No sooner did I say that, I could see two coming fast across the field heading right for the decoys. My father put up his shotgun and BANG!, another one down!, so I ran out of the blind and grabbed him as he was flapping his wings but it was only nerves. Anyway, it was a great morning spent with my father, and we both had our birds down by 7:00 am... Tomorrow's another day and we each have another tag!...
Couldn't ask for a better ending to the opening day!! 