How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
03-17-2004, 08:09 PM
#52
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 3,073
RE: How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
Honestly, I spent a lot more years thinkin about going turkey hunting than actually doing it. I gave it a try about 8 years back for one season in VA, and kinda got hooked. Out of 4 hunts that year, only one day did I have birds respond. Multiple gobblers, called 1 in that hung up just out of range. Then I changed jobs, got busy, moved to a different state... Spent some more years fishing and no hunting (nice to be back by salt water). Finally, picked it up again 2 seasons ago, and got my first bird. Now I'm hooked for life. Last year, didn't score, but chalk that up to inexperience. I had a shot that I passed on, which turned out to be my only shot of the season. Oh well. Guess thats kind of a long way of saying 3 years... Gonna start season 4 the end of April, and I can hardly wait.
03-18-2004, 06:15 AM
#53
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 353
RE: How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
My first turkey hunt was in Pa. in 1955. There was no spring season back then, fall only. Turkey populations were much smaller than they are today. Just seeing a turkey was a big deal. The only calls I saw were Lynch type boxes and scratch boxes.
I just realized, this will be my 50th year.
I just realized, this will be my 50th year.
03-19-2004, 09:42 AM
#57
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IA
Posts: 61
RE: How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
27 years starting with my first turkey at age 9 hunting with my dad. You can't beat sitting on a oak ridge in the springtime listening to the woods waking up. That first gobbler letting loose close by almost makes you jump. Good luck to all this spring.
03-19-2004, 07:37 PM
#60
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: spanaway, washington-usa
Posts: 51
RE: How long you been hunting turkeys::poll::
a total of six years for me, 4 when lived in missouri, and after several years later last year was my frist in washington and goin this year,cant wait till april 15th.
