My first turkey came in my first year out on the third morning. I was walking and calling intermittently on a Lohman push button call and got one to gobble. I got closer and put out a Carry Lite hard plastic body decoy and got into position behind a fallen log. That tom gobbled every time I hit the call. He came in strutting and gobbling all the way to about 15 yds. and I rolled him with a 3" load of #4' s. He weighted 23 lbs. and had a 10" beard. The next week on the fifth morning out, I called in and shot a 24 lb. tom with 1 1/4" spurs using the same Lohman call. Not bad for my first year!

Therefore is the reason I am hopelessly hooked on turkey hunting. I give credit to my early success for making me stick with the sport of spring turkey hunting and loving it so much for all these years!