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Well, the mighty was finally successful. After being teased by a number of different turkeys since Wednesday, he finally got his prize. It weighted about 32 pounds with a beard of about 11 inches long. This is the hardest he had to work to get a turkey since he started turkey hunting. He got it Sunday morning.  

It's another quiet Sunday morning. The husband is out trying to get a turkey. It's his last day to get one. So far the turkeys are teasing him. Every time he comes back he tells me all the tales of all the tom turkeys that he saw at the last minute or should I say saw him before he saw them. It's been a tall turkey tale weekend. The funny part is this morning when I let the dog out I heard a turkey gobbling behind the house. I guess when he gets home I'll have to ask him it he heard any turkeys and then tell him I did and it sounded very close.And it was not one of ours. Well that's enough turkey talk there are allot of things that happen this week that I should comment on. Like the oil that is gushing in the gulf. Now that's a mess. So many questions and not enough solutions. Will this stop the attempts at getting oil from the ocean? Will this make oil companies make sure they have better safety measures? Well this give the people who are always looking for...

For the last three years the husband has been into turkey hunting and each year has proven to be an adventure in itself. Turkey hunting is divided into different weeks. This week the husband had his turn. He thought for sure it was going to be a bust. He kept trying to use his turkey calls hoping to get a tom to answer or even come in. But it was not working. If anything the call would make the bird run away as fast as possible. His first day was Wednesday. He got out of bed just after I left for work hoping to get out early and get one coming out of the woods. He set his blind set up a few days ago in a field behind one of his brothers. He tried sitting in it but it did not feel right. He tried sitting outside of it till he lost his patents. His brother later told him that not five minutes after he left the turkeys were on the field. He decided to try again around five that night. He went out in the same field, nothing. It was getting dark so he decided to take a walk in the woods beh...