Damn straight.

I'll post a pic of my first bird later tonight. I passed up and screwed up a bunch of jakes and gobblers before I finally killed one. I was determined to kill one by myself with no help and I'm sure that is why it took as long as it did.

I needed all the help I could get still took me several years. My problem was myself though. I get tore up, half the time I wasn't aiming at the the head, more like the bird. I got so tore up I couldn't think straight. I should have killed 8-10 before I finally did, Had a bunch within 30 yards just always screwed it up.

Sorry I don't have a pic of my first bird, bushwhacked his butt on a food plot. Not do I have a pic of my 2nd bird but a cool story i do have. Hunting at our old place in Jackson county (la hunting club) I started out on the powerline chased turkey all morning and ended up on what we called the back 80 or about say 3 mountain miles from where I started. Low and behold my dad was there too and we just happen to meet up. I walked the whole way and thank God he drove his atv from where he was hunting. Long story short dad called the bird in for me and I smoked him. 19 lbs and 10.5 inch beard. On the way back to atv we heard a loud boom and the ground shook, we didn't know what the heck was going on. Thought nothing of it and drove back to camp then on home. Later that afternoon there was a small earth quake up that way. Dad called a geologist the next day and what we felt was a pre-quake. They said it had basically happened right underneath us. Sorry for no pic but this one from my honey hole will have to do
Please forgive me

demp, I hate you!

:), there are 3 less in that group but there were about 5 super jakes that will replace them.

Congrats on your girl !

Thanks man and happy birthday again!

Ol single shot 410

I'm not a turkey hunter. But I saw where micheal Waddell killed a world record jake? I thought that was just a little gobbler?

here is a pic of my first tom. From 4/10/98. From the first time I ever heard a wild turkey gobble, I was in love. I began reading everything I could find concerning turkeys and quickly became more involved in my obsession, even before i'd killed my first bird. I was just a kid and had no one in my family that hunted but I knew my neighbor did. One day, I found the courage to walk over and ask my neighbor if he would take me turkey hunting. That simple conversation started a lifelong friendship with the best man I have ever known: Britt Spears. He took me hunting every chance we could go that season and basically sacrificed his season for me. On April 10 1998, I called my first bird up in a pasture at 11am in Greene county with Britt. We both were in tears as we stood over the bird.
Britt took me again and on 4/21/98 I killed my second longbeard on an early morning 5 minute flash hunt. Since that year, I have never killed less than 2 turkeys per year. The most rewarding thing I do now is take Britt hunting and attempt to call him up a tom. We have killed quite a few together. I took him to Ky a couple years ago and watched as he killed his first 2 toms out of state. We called 2 up together the second morning and it was my turn to shoot. As the gobblers stood there at 30 yds in the hardwoods, I told him I wasn't gonna shoot. He couldn't believe it. He finally got his 10 guage in position and he killed one of his best toms ever. I told him I get more out of watching him shoot than He could ever imagine.

until

I didn't turkey hunt until a couple of years ago. Two buddies tag team called this one up for me in Autauga Co. I've killed a few since then and actually enjoy hunting turkey more than deer.





My first solo kill from last year.

Nice pics and stories, guys!

I have a polaroid of mine somewhere that I wish I could find!

Great stories and pics!

How bout my first Rio!

MsN40R's first ever! A Rio!

Hayden's (my step son)first!

Not my first turkey but the first I ever called and killed by myself. Those were good times...

Bout 1983-84. Check out camo and hair and that killer look. I am at least 100 lbs heavier and bald now. Still love to get after them birds though.

Kanebreak, Love that hair! And mad at the world look