This is my long-time friend Mark Mellinger of Columbus, Miss. Mark was in his second successful year of turkey hunting (2004) and using a push button call. I sent him a long box and a week later he sent me back this picture of a nice eastern tom.

Story:

Mark set up for a fly-down hunt in a hay field near by to the woods where birds were roosted. He set up with his back to one of those big hay bales, set out a hen decoy, and listened to the birds gobbling on the roost. At the (apparently) right time Mark made one series of yelps with the box and set it down. Ten minutes later the longbeard was flopping and Mark's season was over.

I was very happy that Mark was able connect with one of my calls on a hard-hunted southern bird.