308,

You're in a fraternity now, you'll never be able to get out, might even cost you a girlfriend or two over the years.

The first time I saw a mouth call was in 1972 I believe. Me and a buddy stoped by a sporting goods store the night before opening turkey season to pick up a few things on the way to our camp and coming turkey hunt. We each bought a mouth call and the next morning we set up about 100 yds apart (we used to hunt together this way and it worked) and with never practicing with the mouth calls we started calling. Well I can tell you, we sounded like two different Blue Jays being strangled by someone. We thought that if others could call with those things we could to and wouldn't use our box calls. Didn't see a turkey for two days! We still have some good laughs about that deal.

I still use mouth calls and other types, I buy those Wal-Mart specials and my buddy buys custom made calls. I kill just as many gobblers as him and let him know it. As a matter of fact, he just pulled a good one on me. He sent me a picture of a turkey his son in law got that weighed 28 lbs and 10 ounces, and it was hanging from the scale. I had a feeling something was up but congratulated them anyway. That was yesterday, today he sent me a new photo with the real weight, 20.10 lbs.

What I'm saying is that, turkey hunting is addictive, hang in there because it only gets' better and you'll have memories to last a life time. Most of all, enjoy it, and do occasionally take your girlfriend/wife, even if they don't hunt, that way they'll see what you're really doing and might not leave you, however, they may think you're a little crazy.

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