RE: How long does it take?
 

I killed my first bird on the third hunt of MY first season (I had helped a friend the season before, we still have to draw permits in Maine). Since then I have had birds in front of me every opening morning, whether calling for myself or someone else. Videos and books have been my only help.

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An old hunting partner showed me the ropes, told me the area to put in for a permit, and got me permission to stay at his Uncles house for the 5 days the permit was for (WI). He got drawn for the same area but different dates. I shot my 1st tom on the third morning hunt in my first season.

I messed up shooting one the very first morning and learned from that lesson. Bird came in on my left and stayed left. I should have rotated to my left early but didn't. Always thought that tom was going to go right and to my decoys but he never did.

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MY first hunt took about 20 minutes I was 14 yrs old and used a push button call I only wish they were all that easy

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It took me about 5-6 years before I got my first tom, but the first year or two I only went out once or twice a year. I got my dad involved in turkey hunting too, but sadly he passed away before he or I havested a bird. My fist tom was also my biggest.

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I hunted off and on for a total of nine years. Only the last four of those were serious. So ... four years of serious hunting. A lot of it on my own, another lot of it under the tutelage (sp?) of my cousin, Buckoduck.

See my first success at:
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Romans 8:28

Edited by - powduck on 01/22/2002 14:15:52

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It actually took me two years to take my first turkey. my fatherinlaw got us started
and I knew that he had actually called in
and harvested some birds! WELL HECK, if he
could do it I should be able too. Up until
that time I thought you had to be a kin to
Danial Boone or something to get the deed
done. I used an old Olt box call and had a
bird answer me! HOLLY COW,I`VE GOT TO HIDE!
I crawled into the middle of a blowdown and
called somemore. The next thing I knew he is
right on top of me (about 5 yards) I buried
so deep in my hidy hole I can`t swing my gun.
He of course sees and flies off! I`am watching him sail off and seriously thinking
about falling on the first sharp object I can
find, when up walks a secound bird! I blast
him and I`ve been hooked ever sence.

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I was lucky enough to grow up in a huntin family.My first time out I took a nice longbeard with the help of family members.Been hooked ever since.Let's just say that's been a few years ago.

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Allen , We call that beginners Luck , I'm still getting it after 12 years <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
ProdTrapper thats a neet story an Olt Box call I bet BobGobble2 has tried to borrow it <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
Jalvja Your exsperance shows to the woods , I've even learned a thing or two from ya, but I won't tell ya , I don't want your head to all go swelling on ya !<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>...BT

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When I got out of school, I moved to a town close to my grandparents. When I was getting a deer stand ready, I looked out over the field I was going to hunt and saw a whole bunch of something that turned out to be turkeys. I decided to hunt them the following spring. So, I went out and bought myself a Lynch &quot;Jet&quot; slate call, started practicing, and kept up with the birds' movements all winter. Opening day, those birds never made a peep. I don't hunt on Sunday but I was back at it Monday morning. The woods were ALIVE with gobbling. I was hooked right there. I worked a bird for about 2 hours. Had him struttin, spittin, and drummin but he would not commit. I figured I was calling too much and that I needed to play it a little more coy, so I switched to a feeding purr and soft chatter and scratched in the leaves. I never saw that bird again... 'cause 9 hens came running in all over me and brought a BIG ol' tom in with them. I had to raise my gun VEEEERRRYYY slowly with a hen about 10 feet in front of me (talk about dumb luck, getting away with that move) and took him at about 25 yards. So, to answer your question, I'm self taught and I got my first one on the second morning of my first year and have been trying to recreate that thrill ever since. I don't know if he was my biggest, but he is my favorite.