I started going out with my dad when I was 9 years old.....that first year, I didn't get to shoot one, but I sat beside dad as he worked one in....it just didn't come in there close enough for that 410 I was useing at the time....but that was the hunt that hooked me...I took my first bird at 15...it was a 20lb 3oz gobbler that had a 10" beard and 1" spurs.....since then, I have good hunts and have had some not so good.....but I wouldn't trade a minute in the spring woods for a week in deer season....so, after doing the math, I've in the spring wood for this will be my 20th.