Got my first turkey!

[shuballs]

Have turkey hunted a few years at my club and have always seen birds, just never within range. At 6:15am had 2 gobblers just out of range. I kept seein birds all day long on the hill behind me, and I decided to re-locate. Found a spot along the stone wall on the hill, behind a bush and sat down around 8am. I was there no longer than 40 minutes when I heard a gobbler. I called back a few times and had 4 hens runnning down the hill, followed by a jake, and then this big boy was behind all of them. I shot him while he was running at about 20 yards. Too bad when i shot, I must have clipped the beard because there was not much left when i got to him. Got my brid at 8:45am, then went to the cabin to eat my lunch .

[shuballs]

O yeah, almost forgot. He was about a 3 year old bird. 20 lbs and 4 oz.
8 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. And boy he was a fighter, had a bunch of ruffed up and missing feathers.

[700bdl870exp]

congrats. i too got my first bird this year he was 23lbs 9 1/2" beard and inch spurs. so you made a running shot huh. thats pretty sweet. great job

[PA Bow/Flinter]

Congrats!! I hope to get my first bird on Saturday...PA's youth day.

[Antler Eater]

Congrats!!!

Nothing like getting the first one. It should get easier now that the pressure is off.

[Goose 11]

Great story! Thanks for shareing! And congratulations on a real nice Tom!
Trae

[Shannon5872]

Congratulations! I'll be going the last weekend of April for my second season hunting Turkey myself. Hopefully, I'll get my first.

[OntElk]

Right on!

Nice pic as well. I love the "just another day in the turkey woods" look you have on your face.

Great shot it sounds like as well.

[Jackelope]

congrats to you...i got my first 2 on sunday(jakes)
wish i got a tom, but oh well. first bird and all, i couldn't resist..
way to go.

[Rebel Hog]

Good Job! Congrat's