For me it is seeing the wonders of nature. While I was fly fishing this past summer I saw a hawk swoop down and take out a rather large trout. Left me in awe. Also, while out scouting deer, I saw rather two bucks in a full rutt battle. Awsome sight. Can' t beat the wonders of nature!!!

I like it all, God really knew what he was doing when he made the woods and the wild turkey.

the whole thing.. the thing i like most is getting to look forward to the whole thing right now!! (other than the actual hunt)

You guys have pretty well covered it all for me. The one unique thing about spring turkey hunting for me is that I' m not concentrating on anything else but that. In the fall you have doves, deer, ducks, geese, turkey again, elk, etc. My focus is all on a wild turkey.

I enjoy watching the woods progressively green up from March through May. I love praying in the dim light of the early morning and getting a little distracted by hearing the wild waking up.

I ejoy the turkey woods quite a bit, however my real passion for spring is that fall is just around the corner

Jim

After going through long, usually harsh winters here in NY. Its that first morning I' m at my camp in April. Up before daylight, and out onto the open porch to just sit, and hear those first wonderful spring sounds of songbirds,few owl hoots, crows, and then the good ol' GRUBBLE-GRUBBLE! Off I go to locate this tom, and scout his routine pattern after fly down. It just builds even more anticipation for the turkey opener!!

After this long winter I will be looking forward to the color GREEN!!!

i just love it all..the sights..the sounds...the smell of the spring air....nothing can compare....nothing sounds like the woods waking on a spring morning...owls going to bed...grouse drumming...tweetie birds singing....then that one sound...the great gobble...nothing can compare to spring mornings...the air is so nice and everything thats worrying you or anything like that is gone...its like nothing else matters now...i love sitting in the sun and warming up....and love napping and being woken by a gobbler that heard my calls before i dozed off in the warm sun...nothing can compare to a spring morning when everything is perfect...

Being off work 4 three weeks! Seriously tho, 2 me turkey hunting is Whip-or-wills sounding off endlessly at near first lite, cardinals jumpin in with their cadence. Just the fresh smel;l of the spring green-up.[]

[&:]Sharing the thrill of the hunt and the wonder of God' s creatures with my two best hunting buddy' s. This year my 10 year old daughter will join us. I only hope she will learn to appreciate all of these things that pull so deeply on my soul.