First year hunting for Turkeys & I got 3 Toms in 4 days of hunting,
Let me say thanks guys for all your valuable info here on the forum. With your help I learned just enough to know how to get started in to Turkey hunting. But now after hunting for them I have more questions & have a lot more to learn.
It all started a week before the Turkey season was to start & my daughter & I spent a day putting new saw dust in my 36 Wood Duck boxes & I said lets go look for some Turkeys the next day. I’ve hunted birds for 35 years & use a bow for deer but had never hunted Turkeys. We went scouting on some public land where I had heard Turkeys during some duck hunts. Well we saw & heard lots of birds in different areas & that was when I decided to try for a Turkey. That is when I came to the forum to start my learning curve.
A run to Bass Pro for hevi-13, calls, decoys, etc. I shot some paper to know aiming point & patterning. Did another day of scouting & blind building & picked a spot I’d seen birds fly down to & Toms doing lots of strutting.
Opening day has me in my spot & 15 minutes in to shoot time a big Tom comes running to the decoys. Bang & I’m all smiles. Called in 3 more Toms to learn what I could too. Tom had a 9 ¼ inch beard & went 21 ½ lbs.
Day 2 has me moving to another spot & had a group of 4 Toms come in to the decoys & were about 12 yards out, I did not level out the rib & shot right over Mr. Tom’s head. %$#@Dam…….
Day 3 has me running & gunning again & setting up on gobbling Toms. I call two Toms strutting up to the decoys & I get bird number 2. He had a 9 inch beard & went 19 ¼ lbs.
Day 4 has me in the same blind as day 3. I have some hens & rabbits walk through the decoys but all the Toms are back dooring me & just not coming to the decoys. ( got to learn how to call a lot better) Finally at 2pm I get a Tom in to my shooting lane & bird number 3 goes down. He had a 3 inch beard & went 16 ½ lbs.
I was thinking this year was going to be a year of learning & getting near some birds to learn what I could. I put in lots of hard work & good woodsman ship but I never thought I’d get so lucky as to get 3 birds.
Thanks again for all the tips & know how. I’ll be back with questions I came up with as I sat in the woods.

Congrats on a great first season. Most hunters can only dream about killing three birds their first year of hunting. Most hunters don't kill three birds in a season period. Just remember though, it's not always going to be that easy. With success comes failure, but revel on your success now. You do know you are going to have to show us pictures, don't you? What state are you hunting? Again, congrats and great job.