RE: Best Turkey hunting experience?
Oh man I don't know where to start.
The one that really stands out is when my buddy(who got me to start hunting turkeys) shot his first one.We walked through this big clear cut and to the edge of the woods when we heard one sounding off.I still remember the time.It was 6:11am.We walked about 100 yards in the woods till we were about 75 yards from him.We sat out a jake and hen decoy and I told him to watch in the direction of the turkey and I would watch over the decoys.We made a few calls and he quit gobbling.I knew he was on the ground but had no idea where.It was so quite in woods you could have heard an ant sneeze.The next thing I heard got me totally hooked on turkey hunting.PPPHHHHTTUUUUUUUUUUUUUMM PPPHHHHTTUUUUUUUUUUUUUMM.When he started his spittin and drummin it actually made the hair on my legs stand on end.I knew he was real close but I didn't want to turn my head and spook him since it was right in front of my buddy.I asked him if he could see it and he said he was 40 yards.Then the gobbler must have seen the decoys and started coming in.I could hear him walking in the leaves and it kept getting louder and louder and louder and then BOOOOMMMM.I jumped up and turned to see where the bird was and beat my buddy to it.He shot it at 23 yards.It was so hard for me to just sit there and not see the turkey and have him drumming like crazy.That was the loudest drumming I ever heard.I absolutely loved that hunt.I was just as satisfied as he was if not more.