I shot my first turkey in 1977, it was a fall bird(tom) when I was on an afternoon Squirrel hunt with a high school friend. Well, that got us both hooked and we started spring hunting also in 1978. I shot my first spring bird in 1979 with my 20 gauge H&R single shot "topper" model shotgun at 27 yards(paces) and my brand new Lynch 102 boxcall that my girlfriend bought me just days earlier for my 17 th birthday, it was the first time I ever used it in the woods. The "GOBBLER" was a three year old, with 1 inch spurs and a 10 inch beard and weighed in at 18 pounds, he came in off the roost at first light, it was the easiest kill I've ever had. I long for simple times like those again. We didn't even wear any camoflauge, just our brown canvas "small game" pants and jacket. I never even used "cami's" until I got out of the MARINES ,then I started using my leftover " woodland cami " uniforms. That was 1984 by then.
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