turkey hunting

[strutnrut]

Back in 89 I got serious about it. I hunted some growing up but we just didn't have many. I ended up here at Campbell and the chase was on. The first one I locked horns with was an old hemit that put me up and down the ridges. Been chasing the dream ever since. Just can't help it. I spend most of my time now introducing new hunters to the greatest hunt in the world. darn can't wait until the fall.

[M Sharpe]

Posted this on another site and had quite a few first timers and a lot of less than 10 yr hunters. Just goes to show there is experience on this site...

[Turkeybuster]

I shot my first bird 52 yrs. ago and never could kick the habit.

Jon

[BluMtnGobbler]

I finally got my first, my 5th year. hopefully many more!

[fargobox]

This might surprise some, but it has only been 6 years and I can't think of anything else I have done in the outdoors; bowhunting for whitetails, trout fishing, camping and canoeing all for the past 36 years that I enjoy more or get weak in the knees as the season approaches.  I never knew anyone who turkey hunting before I started, hard to believe I know, but the paths of turkey hunting and my time outdoors just never crossed.

[nx95240]

I started in 1988 .  when I started I had one box call and a slate and now I cannot carry enough calls 

[Shadetree Callers]

I can still remember the first scratchin' i ever saw , along with a few tracks. It was on a fall ginseng hunt when i was twelve. I was but a sapling the next spring when I got to hear my first spring gobbles in southern Ohio and that sound hooked me for life. Turkey tags came through a limited lottery system back then and i was lucky to draw my first tag early on. Bought my first Lynch style boxcall when i was 16 and wore it out for years after. Nearly 200 gobblers later, I still get a rush of adrenaline every time I strike a gobbler and get near cross-eyed when i get em inside 25 steps. lts been 33 years now and I look forward to many more years of hopping ridgetops and wading creekbottoms to reach a fired up gobbler.

[turkey-slayer]

I got married to my wonderful wife Martha in 1974. At that time I didn't know squat about turkey hunting. But her father soon showed me that turkey hunting was a lot of fun and so the chase was on. Got my first Big Tom hunting along side my father-in-law in 1978. Wish he was still around to hunt with. He knew how to hunt America's Greatest Game bird both fall and spring seasons. Its been fun trying to fool Mr. Turkey. 36 years !

[KPcalls]

 I'm surprised actually, at how many ole turkey hunters we have on here.....I've caught the disease in 86 and hope to hunt them until I die....

[Corn Doc]

32 and I got started on turkeys late....

[drifter]

I've hunted turkeys for 43 years and can't wait until next year.

[3CB]

Killed my first one about 25 years ago. Seen a bunch die in between. Guided several to their first birds and many memories made!!!!

[bowmike]

have only been at it for 2 years. i am always fly fishing. i gave the trout a rest to try it whole heartedly. Well I am now suffering from Gobbler Addiction Disease.

[West Augusta]

have only been at it for 2 years. i am always fly fishing. i gave the trout a rest to try it whole heartedly. Well I am now suffering from Gobbler Addiction Disease.

Welcome to the "Tenth Legion"

[wsp3]

I killed my first one 47 years ago when I was 10.

                                         Billy