Great information guys. SouthernStrut, you are dead on, there is nothing like Spring turkey hunting. I love deer and duck hunting, but there is just something special about hunting turkeys. It's a combination of many things only a true turkey hunter would understand. If you ask Will Primos, Knight and Hale, Eddie Salter, the Drury brothers, Michael Wadell and many otherswhat there favorite species to hunt is, I bet they will all say the Wild Turkey. BTW, I was going to suggest starting out with a shotgun first, but ya'll beat me to it. I'll talk turkey anytime.