ORIGINAL: strutnbuck

It's legal here in Florida, but I have never used a rifle. I think everybodys expressed the true thrill of harvesting a turkey is the hunt itself. Calling, working the birds, getting them close and using a shotgun is the way to go. My 10 year old son and I were sitting in the deer stand this fall, during which deer and turkey season were open. We some turkeys come in and he asked if he could take one. I told him no and he asked if it was illegal w/ a rifle. I asked him if he remembered the feeling he gets when hearing a gobbler while hunting in the spring, to which he smiled and said yes. I then asked him if he was feeling that same feeling now, to which he replied no. He decided that he wanted to take his first bird with a shotgun.... Not lecturing, just a proud dad!