The pressure is rising! You watched him walk from over 100 yards away, across the grassy pasture at the bottom of the stream. He cheated on you for over 30 minutes. When a tom appears engaged, he often stops eating and becomes dead hushed.
Crows squawk to your right. It’s probably getting closer. He is looking for you and you are looking for him. The intensity of this hunt is high.
Make no mistake.
