17/05/2026
On Monday evening Adam hit a wood block after work. A pair of Tom’s had been hanging around the area and late in the season had separated, giving a golden opportunity. Despite it being around 6 pm, this bird was ready to go! Some mouth calling and boxing had him going at around 300 yards, and after a 15 minute stalemate he eventually gobbled at about 150 yards. This bird put on an absolute show, double and triple gobbling sometimes unprovoked! Strutting, walking, gobbling, strutting again, all without even seeing his love interest. Eventually he hopped up onto a fallen tree and lifted his head high, trying to find his late season love opportunity. Here he was anchored, the continuum of a fantastic spring gobbler season. He sported a thick but shorter 8 3/4 beard, with 7/8 spurs.