I left my turkey guns at home and took the old gun out. I had been working on a load that would kill a bird with confidence out to 25 yds. This gun has no choke in either barrel, as old guns do. The final product put 12 to 14 #7 nickel plated shot in the brain and neck bone at the 25 yard mark with good penetration. This gobbler had a jake with him. I had called both birds in early in the morning, but made the mistake of having a decoy out. The Jake came in early behind me and left putting. The gobbler came in about 15 minutes later strutting, gobbling all the way, but would have nothing of the decoy either. After stuffing the decoy in my vest I went off to find another bird. Finding none, I approached the area where I thought the same birds might be. After setting up at the base of an old hemlock in a mosquito infested bottom, hammered out some yelpes on a box. Both birds answered but they were not together. After a time they joined up 75 yards in front and hung up. I worked them with a slate, then a tube. Still not budging, I put the Roanoke yelper on them and they started toward me. If the birds are in the last phase of their breeding cycle the Roanoke doesn't disappoint me. I dropped the gobbler at 24 yards.
Ralph
