RE: How long does it take?
 

It took me several years of fumbling around in the woods trying to figure out what to do. Experience is the best teacher. Seems like only yesterday, my dad and I were driving to the woods with a Ben Lee Cassette tape in the truck trying to figure out what to do. Lots of hunts and reading, watching tapes later, the turkeys still do things to make you laugh and wonder.

Find yourself some good videos (Denny Gulvas makes some excellent tapes) and watch and learn. Get out there and make the mistakes, sooner or later it will all make sense.

RE: How long does it take?
 

so far 10 for 10 but its not easy.early scouting helps. i think turkey hunting is 50%skill and 50% luck. believe it or not but the most challenging bird i ever got was a 20lb jake.

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I'v been hard at for 4 years and still haven't got that Old Tom.I have seen lots of birds I hope this is the year for me.

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Sounds like I'll need it :o)

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Well.. lets see. Many years ago ,seven to be exact I started Turkey hunting. I hadn't seen a video but thought it couldn't be that difficult. I didn't call any in that year. I tried again the next three years half heartedly at best.
Then I met up with an old aquaintence and we vowed to kill a Tom. We went to three seminars that winter, traveled three hours to a turkey gun paterning event,Learned to use boxes, slates and other diaphrams. We scouted like hell for the month of april in two states. I killed a Tom the first morning. We went to Vermont and between us took three there.
I have had successful seasons sence, and hope my good luck remains.

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I hooked up with a guy that knew what he was doing. I watched and listened to every thing he did. I killed my first with him. I bought tapes and different calls and drove my wife and family crazy. It has paid off for many people. I like to call for my father and friends. Someone kills every year.
GET A MENTOR and MAKE A FRIEND

RE: How long does it take?
 

I hunted no more than 4 times over 15 years with people that wanted to go to my property without hearing a single bird. Decided to try it on my own last year and killed one on my second trip. Heard him gobble at 10 a.m. as I was putting my gun in the truck to leave. He was hot and came in like he was on a string. Only heard one other bird all year.

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I have been lucky enough to learn from some great turkey hunters! I went with one of them and took my first bird my first day ever hunting turkeys at around 11 am so I guess it was about 5 hours into my first hunt.

Since then I have learned from the best teachers around, the turkeys, at the school of hard knox.

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RE: How long does it take?
 

Killed my first and biggest gobbler about 1 hour into opening day of my first year, which was four years ago. I was lucky to be hunting with a good friend and great turkey hunter. He put me and another guy onto two more gobblers the next morning, at exactly the same spot. I blanked the next year, but killed two more last year, so I've been lucky so far, with four gobblers in five weekends of hunting over three years. (see my first at www.turkey-strut.com)

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If you can go with an experienced hunter by all means go. Learn how he scouts,sets up and calls to a turkey. Learn the area you are going to hunt. There is no better tool than being a goog woodsman.