I had two turkeys put to bed on the eve of the South Carolina 2007 Turkey opener. The fortunate thing was is they were roosted right off one of my clover plots. I felt really good that the birds would come to the food plot and strut after they left the roost. I set my Pretty Boy/Pretty Girl 10 yards from my blind. I heard the first bird gobble about 7:10. I gave a few soft tree calls with my Yellow Hammer and had three birds answered back.

Around 7:35 I heard a bird fly down and I gave a fly cackle using a Diaphram Turkey Call. About ten minutes later I saw the first white head, then three more following. The lead bird was the strutter and when he saw Pretty boy - it was on!

He came straight to the decoy and started strutting. He strutted around Pretty Boy two or three times while bumping up against him. I couldn't take anymore so I sent a 100 grain Muzzy through both wings at 11 yards. The bird was 20lbs., 10 1/4 inch beard, with 1 inch spurs. What a wonderful way to start the season.