My first turkey hunt was April 11th, 1990. I had only deceided to hunt about three weeks prior when the local paper' s outdoor section had a write up about the county i live in having it' s first turkey hunt in 100years. At this point in my life i had been hunting for 22years so i knew i had to prepare and do it quickly. So my first morning was sunny and cool and crisp. Heard several gobble from a distance, they were on private ground and i was basically deer hunting for turkeys. In other words, i was sittin in a little hide i fashioned together b4 the season started. Tho i studied hard for the opener, i knew nothing of cutt-n-run, or prospecting around. But i did learn a lession that first day, stay put! Gettin tired of settin and hearin the birds from a distance, i had gotten up and wandered over closer to a road they were across only to have one gobble from very near were i had been settin just a few minutes earlier. Didn' t get a bird that day but went on to kill one the next hunt a few day' s later and then my second one a week after that. I was ruined for life.