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how many years have you been turkey hunting and what was your first bird.

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This will be my 5th season out. My first was a jake 3 years ago. 4 of em came into my call and i picked one out and lowered the hammer. All my hunting has been in NJ

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This will be my 12th year in the spring turkey woods. I do regret not taking up turkey hunting sooner though. My first spring of hunting back in 1993, I took a 24 lb. and 23 lb. MO Eastern gobblers. I have been hopelessly hooked on this fine sport ever since!:):D

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about a year....haven't bagged a bird yet...but i will in april:D

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9th I believe

9 3/4" PA gobbler got me hooked

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This will be my 12th coming up.It took me until my 3rd season to take my first bird.It was a 20 lb eastern with 3/4 in. spurs and a 8 in beard.

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This will be my second year, took two birds last year. The first day out I heard a bunch of gobbling and then I saw my friend call in a turkey and watched him travel 80 yards to his setup. I remember hitting my call and watching him gobble. He shot the bird and I was hopessly hooked. First bird weighed 21 lbs and had a 11 7/8 beard and 7/8" spurs. Second bird was a double beard with beards at 9 3/4" and 6 1/4" and 1 1/4" spurs. Both taken in Georgia on my hunt club. Can't get enough turkey hunting, the gobbling drives me crazy.

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This will be my second year and even though I haven't bagged one yet[:@] just the sound of those early morning gobbles was enough to get me hooked.;)

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This will be my 3rd year turkey hunting. I regret I didn't get into it earlier, but there weren't very many when I was growing up. I got my first one 2 years ago. He weighed 21#s and had a 9 1/4" beard and 3/4" spurs. Got 2 last year. Hope to get at least 3 this year.:D

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This will be my 25th year. And still that first day feels like the first time out.

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:D This will be my fourth season & got my only 2 birds to date in my second season a 22lb. tom and a 13lb. jake...looking to get 2 more this season!!!!!![:-] Brampton Mike [8D]

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This is 3rd year, got first bird 6th week 2nd form last day out of a tree.
21 pds, 1 1/4 spurrs, 11 inch beard:D

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I've spent 21 glorious springs in the turkey woods. In those years I've taken about 109 hunting trips to 33 different states, and usually hunt about 65-70 days per year in 8-10 states. Killed my first bird back in '83 (1st year) during an intense thunderstorm, and wrote a story about it for Outdoor Life that was published in Oct of '87.

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i started in 2000, and my first turkey was
weight 22 1/2#
triple beard 10 1/2, 8 1/2, 7 1/2
spurs 1 1/8, 1 1/8

heres a pix of the beards

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this will be my 3rd year and nothing to show for it yet.......

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this year will be year number 6....my first bird was last year.....i had chances at turkeys every year.....but never took a shot....always had an excuse...thought it was too far..or to thick or something.....but in reality i now know a 12ga will do alot more then i thought...but i was young and learning......i dont regret not taking shots...i could wounded or missed them birds so im glad i didnt.....last spring i went hunting the second day myself...dad worked and i was finally 16 adn could hunt myself...it was my first time hunting alone...i went behind the house to where i scouted birds for a long time all by myself....8am i was tagging my first turkey...9 inch beard and 3/4 inch spurs....not huge but i think its a very respectable first turkey...and i did it all myself..from scouting to the hunt and the calling......noone helped me.....then i got my second this fall......a hen......all alone again....i was small game hunting mainly pheasants but looking for turkeys as well....she flushed high in the tree tops and i shot..first shot was a ligh 1 1.8th ounce load...second was a steel 2 3/4 inch mag.....she dropped out of the sky.....this year i just want to do some calling......hopefully call dad in a bird.....thats the funnest part......

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I have been chasing turkeys now for 10 years now. I went 4 years before getting one, but when I did I was hooked. My biggest bird to date is 21lbs 11" beard 1-1/4" spurs taken in SE Ohio.

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This is either my 8th or 9th year huntin turkeys...and I've only gotten 1. Took me awhile to do it, but hearing those gobbles for the first time had me hooked...

Anyways, I'm gonna go cry now because I feel really old...

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I believe this is my 24th year though I only went once or twice that first year..The next year I was able to bag my first turkey a small jake that today I'm still as proud of as the biggest gobbler I've ever taken!!That first tom is something special..:)...
Boy have times changed and somehow I've gotten fatter!!!:D

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I believe this is my 6th or 7th season I got a tom on every hunt except last spring,But I did call one in for my son,now this year my wife and daghter want to give it a try.Could you magine having four Turkey addicts in the same house.
I do wish all of you good Luck in this springs hunt

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88 wow!!

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I started about 1980. Got my first ont on my 2nd day out. Been hooked ever since!

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Started in 78 and have taken at least 1 bird every year. Hunted in blue jeans and a green flannel shirt the first few years. Called the first bird in with a home made ink pen call. Single shot Winchester shot gun with 23/4" game loads. Boy how the times have changed.

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Started back in the late 70's as well, but had two hunters stalk me one fall morning, so I gave up turkey hunting for almost 8 years becasue of that!! It took a good friend of mine to get me back into turkey hunting again, and to this day I'm still very leary of Fall turkey hunting, that's why I prefer the spring season much more!!
I have since started taking Mature gobblers only since 1992!!;);)

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22 years and ive killed 29 birds.

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I started going out with my dad when I was 9 years old.....that first year, I didn't get to shoot one, but I sat beside dad as he worked one in....it just didn't come in there close enough for that 410 I was useing at the time....but that was the hunt that hooked me...I took my first bird at 15...it was a 20lb 3oz gobbler that had a 10" beard and 1" spurs.....since then, I have good hunts and have had some not so good.....but I wouldn't trade a minute in the spring woods for a week in deer season....so, after doing the math, I've in the spring wood for this will be my 20th.

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This season will be my 5th and I know I will get one this year.

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2 years. I called in a hen on my first hunt and got to watch her at 5 steps. Called in two jakes on my second hunt and killed one. Called in two longbeards on my third hunt and killed one (was my second season then-one bird limit here) and took a buddy out on my fourth hunt and called up two longbeards and he took one. I have never taken or seen a turkey taken at a range over 15 yards.
Maybe I'm some sort of phenom!!!;):D;)
This April will be season #3. Lord I hope my beginners luck keeps up!

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this will be my third season turkey hunting, and my first bird was a 22 pound Osceola with a 7 inch beard. All my hunting has been in Florida.

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this will be my 6th year hunting turkey...the first 4 years nothing, i was lucky to even see a hen and i'm telling you the shakes those hens gave me were like seeing a longbeard, lol....i have only harvested 3 , all longbeards...my first well, he was worth the weight, some of ya'll might remember how fricking excited i was, still am ,lol....if i did the adding right , he scored a 63.25
he was 17.5 lbs
10 3/8 in beard
1.25 in spurs....

been scouting a couple of my areas that i like to hunt, i can't wait...i just hope i get another to add to that list :D