Intense Turkey Hunt

This Gobbler had us literally hurting as we where pinned down with birds for almost 3 hours. About 7 hens come in and camped out right in front of us about 10-25 yards so we had to remain motion less and about 2-2-1/2 hours before the longbeard come in. And when he did of course he come in from behind us (the only bird that come in from that direction). I heard him spitting and drumming to the decoy but he walked less than 10 yards from me where I had a ziplock bag of pretzels and a water bottle laying between my backpack and tree and he noticed it and broke strut and walked way out around us and come in further out from the right. He took his time coming back towards the hens and decoy and then strutted around the hens for another 30 minutes before the hunter could even move his shotgun into position for a shot. To many hens and birds to make a move so we had to remain absolutely motionless for hours. I'm sure every turkey hunter has been in this position at some point and luckily, I was standing against a tree in some cedars which made my job to remain still easier than the sitting hunter. He was sitting with his back against a tree with his feet slightly higher up a small hill and after making the shot he told me he almost passed out he was in that much pain from sitting that long and not moving an inch in fear of spooking the birds. I was watching him from behind and I couldn't believe he sat there and didn't even move a muscle for that long. He said he was sweating and almost threw up a couple times he was in that much pain from trying to stay motionless sitting in the position he was in. He made it work and when all the hens finally cleared the strutting tom he gave him a shot and he slowly raised his shotgun and put him down at 43 yards. A hunt neither of us will ever forget.