Finally came together for me this morning....
The Tom was calling from his roost in the spot that I wanted to set up so I had to cut around him and set up in my tree seat on a big pine. Once he flew down, he was pretty close. I only called a couple of times..... soft.
A hen appears from the direction I expected the Tom to come from. She pays little attenton to my lone hen decoy. Her calling keeps the Tom gobbling. He's close now... I can hear him drumming costantly. I see him to my left in full strut, still drumming. The hen is coming past me to my left as he does a side shuffle right to my deke, never leaving full strut.
He starts to turn away from me giving me a chance to draw. The hen is just past me now, but she catches me and the Tom starts to come out of strut just as I released. The arrow hits him well in the middle of his back, still facing away at 12 yds. He doesn't go anywhere and I'm on him as fast as a fat man can move. 5:55 on a beautiful Sunday morning.
19 lbs, 8 1/2" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. Homemade bow and 160gr ribtek.