It took me 28 years to get my first Turkey and I calles him in 5 times to get the right shot at him. I feel like a dummy going by the rest of you all.

My cousin and I started back in the late 80' took us 6 years of learning on our own, to harvest our first birds,I belived we could write a book of all the things not to do.But what a Blast we had, The stories we can tell.That what it all about Having fun and enjoying the Outdoors

i am 15 i shot my first turkey at the age of 12 on opening day of my first season it had a 8 1/2 inch beard. i have shot 4 turkeys since and even a 2 over 21 pounds. i tought myself how to turkey hunt and i have tought ajot of older people to hunt turkes since

Second spring i took my first bird a 17lb jake. I learned every thing i know from Mark Drury. Thanks Mark!!!

THE 2001 SEASON WAS MY FIRST SEASON OF TURKEY HUNTING EVER, I WAS BACK AT FAIRCHILD AFB, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SPOAKEN, AND MY BROTHER SAID TURKEY SEASON OPENS UP ON THE 15TH AND HE WANTED TO GO SO I HAD SOME TIME OFF OF WORK AND I WENT WITH HIM, BEFORE WE WENTOUT I BOUGHT A PRIMOS SLATE CALL AND A KNIGHT AND HALE BOX CALL, AND I SAT IN MY BILLETING ROOM WATCHING THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL ON MY OFFTIME, LEARING HOW TO USE THE LSATE CALL, TRYING TO MIMIC THE WAY THEY WERE SOUNDING ON THE T.V. IT PAYED OFF AND I GOT MY FIRST TURKEY EVER IT WAS A 18 POUND JAKE.

my 1st season was 1997. i killed a jake 15 minutes after i got out of the truck on opening morning at daylight. i said to myself " hey this turkey hunting is easy". boy was i in for a rude awakening.in
1998 and 1999 i did'nt kill anything. that brought me back down to earth. 2000 i got 2 gobblers, and 2001 got 1 gobbler and 1 jake. i guess i have been lucky the past 2 years.

I took my first bird the 2nd day out. My brother helped me call it in and I just watched videos and read mags and books after that...plus a little trial and error along the way. Always seem to learn something new just about everytime I go out.

I hate to admit this after all of your posts, but I've yet to take one going into my 13th season.<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle> I've had some adrenaline rushes over the years, but they never ended with food for the table. To my defense, I have never hunted hard for them, and always hunted on our property where there weren't many birds but was convenient. I didn't even get to go some years because of work. I only went 5 times last year, so hopefully I can get out there a few more times this season and end my drought.

Edited by - slee on 02/06/2002 01:34:15