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I must say I'm an avid deer hunter, but this turkey hunting is a rush. I was sitting were two fields and two wood lots come together. I was set up and at 5:15 this morning. At 5:45 four toms started gobbling from the roost off in the distance. At 6:15 I yelped a little just to let them know where I was at. Then I waited. At about 6:45 I had a tom in the field to the east of me, I called to him, and managed to have a hen come in. The tom came in the ajoining woodlot and took the hen with him. It was pretty quiet until 9:00. I had three toms come out into the field to the north about 70yrds out. I yepled a little and every time I did the boss tom would start to strut, the others would just keep milling around. The boss tom would eventually continue to mill around. This went on for a while I would either soft yelp or purr and he would start to strut, but then go back to milling around never coming any closer. Finally I decided to quit talking to them and see what they would do. Boy did things change, one of the subordiate toms drift to the wood line and started to come in. Well, the boss tom would have nothing to do with it. He made his way over to the wood line and had to get in front of the other tom. He came in looking for that hen that had quit talking to him. He was about 45 yrds out and was stretching for all he's worth looking for her. He even drummed a couple of times. He would strut awhile and then look around, then strut some more. He finally made it into range where I could shoot and at about 35 yrds while he was stretched out looking for that hen I dropped him in his tracks. I found it curious that not once did he ever gobble. Talk about a rush.