Hey all,

Got my first turkey this past saturday morning in FDL county in Wisconsin. It was my first time ever out for turkeys and man was it an experience. My dad and I were hunting an alfalfa field were a buddy of mine saw 3 nice toms. Not too much gobbling in the morning, a few here and there in different directions. Saw the first hen at 6am, the second at 6:15. I hit the call around 6:30am and then i heard a really close gobble. Looked out of the blind behind us and there he was in full strut with a hen. The hen just kept on walkin away from him, but he was hot on her until I called again and his head snapped in my decoys direction. Took him half an hour to get over by us and he was within 15 yards at one point but i couldnt get a shot. Finally, he noticed something was up when the decoys werent moving and he slowly started walking away. As soon as he cleared the fence line at 30 yards i got a shot and rolled him. I ended up having 9 shots to his head/neck and was a nice clean kill. He weighed 23.5 lbs, 3/4 in spurs on both sides, and an 8 5/8in beard. He scored 55.75 according to NWTF. I will post the pictures tonight or tomorrow. I am definitley hooked for life!

Later,
Paul