First Turkey

[Minnesota]

:bounce: I got my first turkey yesterday!!! This was only my second year hunting for turkeys, so my record isn't too bad..   I am hooked on turkey hunting now! Nothing like sitting in the dark in your blind listening to the birds gobble. I even got to call one in from probably 250 yards out! Talk about a rush! Too bad he turned and ran the other way as soon as he seen my decoys.... Anyways hunted Wednesday thru yesterday morning. Past on 2 jakes the first morning, and kicked myself the rest of the week for not showing one of them. But turns out that the one I got, was one of those 2!! Only saw6 birds in the 5 days of hunting, but thats ok, better then my deer season went...Bird only had nubs where the spurs should have been, and the beard ended up being 5" long.

 

[CoHiCntry]

Nice bird... way to go!

 

[MattRaymond]

Nice job.  I find turkey hunting way more fun than deer hunting, I do both.  Don't feel bad about taking jake's, I don't.  We all love to shoot big tom's, hell my first bird was a 3 year old 24 lb'r!  A buddy of mine called it in and I shot it.  After that he said "There, that's how it's done....you're on your own"  Best advice he ever gave me.  The rest of that first season I made so many mistakes, but each time out you learn and get better.  Another bit of advice I've taken from an old-timer was...."take em when ya see em"

 

[robinsroost]

Nicely done, congratulations.  Keep yer powder dry..........robin

 

[Marty1]

:cheers: Congrats BigDaddy  :!:

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p.s. Turkey hunting is exciting and a great game to hunt as you enter those senior hunting years

 

[Kentucky Colonel]

Grats Turkey King!:cheers:

 

[patocazador]

I don't turn any down either. Keep it up.

Can you kill more than one/year up there?

 

[Minnesota]

Thanks everyone! Nope, only one bird in the spring, and one in the fall.

 

[Smokin' Joe]

Congrats on the turkey BigDaddy!  Each year you'll learn something new so you'll be even better the next year. The most important word in turkey hunting is "patience".  Once you master that the rest comes fairly easy!

 

[hawgslayer1]

Nice going :!: :!: :!:

Ray........... :Red tup:

 

[Whokalouie]

Cheers to Big Daddy!

:Red tup: