gobble gobble...

as you can see from the above picture, brad and i had a successful day one in the woods. we were about 60 yards from this bird and the trees you see in the picture were between the bird and us. after belly crawling down a small hill and back up 30 yards ahead of where we had originally set up i hid behind a tree. after a few minutes evaluating the situation from above the grass line i saw that he wasn't even 25 yards ahead of me and had no idea that i had moved closer. i got into position very closely and he turned around for just a minute to give me an opportunity to get my gun up. after bending down for one last bite of food he raised his head the rest is history. i was absolutely ecstatic to take this bird down by 7:40. thanks brad for being a great guide!