Ken good question!!!
My early years the high was based on laying them in the grass!Inotherwords the kill was everything,and trust me I'm still out to put my hands around a bigole longbeards legs and walk out of the woods with him stuffed in my vest,but over time things like huntin with a good friend or family member and watching them harvest there first bird.Hearing that first gobble each spring.Out witting an old tom who frusterated you all season.Bagging a call shy gobbler in hunter infested woods.The smells,sounds,and just the overall change of seasons.Little things like a few of these mentioned add up over time that you learn to appreciate rather than basing your season on how many birds you bring home!Yeah I still get pumped in fact now I get even more excited with each new upcoming spring in learning what else to look forward too from years gone by!!!