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My first turkey (jake)!

At 37, I' m not young, but was no less excited at getting my first turkey. Admittedly, all I did was pull the trigger. My buddy did the scouting, set us up, and called him in. We had a few sounding off in the morning as the beginning of light was drawing near. It was exciting to hear them in the pre-dawn, knowing that each was no more than 100 yards away. Soon after you could tell it was getting lighter, my buddy did some calling, to which both responded. We were situated on opposite sides of the tree, and as it became obvious to us that both gobblers were closing, I told him that if the one above us got there first, it was his. The hunt centered around me getting my first turkey, but that was no big deal to me to begin with, I just hoped for some action regardless of who was able to shoot. Anyway, the bird on my side of the tree appeared at about 40 yards, and was looking for the " hen." I figured it would continue to close the distance, so held off on shooting. It came in to about 30 yards, but was behind a tree, wondering where the hen was. After about 20 seconds or so, it eased up the hill, where I shot it at 25 yards. My buddy congratulated me on an obvious kill shot, and tried to call to the other bird that was just over the ridge, to no avail. Since he had a doctor' s appointment later in the morning, we packed up and headed home. Ideally, I will learn to call and become successful at turkey hunting, but truth be told, the areas we know of where turkeys are around home are all becoming developed. I have property in WV that has SOME turkeys on it, but not often enough to warrant hunting...