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 Whats the average age on O.G. and how many years have you been hunting ?

Im 62 and been turkey hunting 42 yrs.

68....started spring gobbler hunting in NM the year they opened the season, which by my feeble memory was 1965.  Doing my guzintas, I think that translates to 55 years this spring.

I do recall, however, that in a couple of the very early years, they cancelled all or part of the turkey season due to fire danger on the national forest where we hunted.  Hence, it may be that there was a year or two I may not have hunted.  Fortunately, that was back when the spring gobbler bug had not fully set in and I did not go into the withdrawals I would if they were to do that nowadays... 

45

turkey hunting 33 years

Bunch of youngsters LOL. Will have turned 75 by season's openers. Got a late start so only been at it for 44 years.

Just turned 50. Been hunting turkey's for 40 years. Called my first bird in using a piece of cane at the age of 13. I had cut a piece of cane and hollowed it out and it was in my pocket all the time. My first 2 calls were a flat piece of roofing slate that I cupped against my body and I used a homemade corncob striker with the tip burned. My other was a pill bottle with a condom stretched over it. Got my very first production call when I turned 14. It was a pennswood single sided box. Sounded terrible lol. When I got my lynch foolproof for my 15th birthday , I was estatic. I hunted with a mossberg 20 gauge modified choke shooting #4's. My gosh how far turkey hunting has come. I now have over 400 calls , 3 dedicated turkey shotguns , handload my own TSS , have a 4 wheel drive , a polaris Ranger and more camo and boots any one man should own lol.

51. Been chasing the three toed turkey birds for about 30 years

Quote from: Turkeyman on January 21, 2020, 03:11:16 PM
Bunch of youngsters LOL. Will have turned 75 by season's openers. Got a late start so only been at it for 44 years.

Proud for you and pray you have many more .

I'll turn 73 during this season and this will be my 31st year. I wish I'd started sooner because the hills are starting to get steeper and the turkeys are getting harder to find on flat ground.

44, 27 years.

59, hunting turkeys 47 years. Fortunate to hunt 8 different states, Hopefully going to hunt them in Hawaii next year god permitting.

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57 been after 'em for 31 yrs. :turkey2:

64 years old. This will be season number 53 coming up this spring.

Im 31 ;D and as for how long I've been after them its hard to say... I remember dad making me skip class in first grade to go hunt though lol

43. Been hunting about 20 years.

39 and 25

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21 - 2 years

I forgot the question, what were we talking about

Quote from: crow on January 21, 2020, 04:12:06 PM
I forgot the question, what were we talking about

I had to go back and look myself.  ;D

Bout to turn 39. Been Hunting them for about 20 years. I won't count the years I spent as a child running around with a Turkey call and shotgun in an area completely uninhabited by turkeys.

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29. Been hunting them about 9 years.

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I'll be 50 in March.  30 years

55 / 36 (spring birds)

55 and have been chasing them for the 43 years.

I'm 66. Killed my first pheasant at 10 y/o. Shot a couple squirrels before that. Only started turkey hunting about 12 years ago.

47 years old... been hunting them about 30 years

I'm 54 years old and this is my 37th season.

42, 22

Just turned 49 this spring will be my 28th season. I would've started sooner but middle TN. (Cookeville area) did not have huntable turkeys in the 80's. Moved to SC heard my first gobble and I've been chasing that sound ever since.

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I'm 52 and this spring will be my 30th year, never had turkeys to hunt in state as a kid... started at 22 :)

MK M GOBL

I am 26 been hunting them with my dad since I was 8 years old.

25, been hunting for 20, but only going after turkeys for 13.

24. Been in the turkey blind for 19 years and toting a gun for 15. Killed my first when I was 10 and been head over heels ever since.

  47 here 48 next month and hunting for 21-22 years turkey hunting about 15 I believe.

63 this month. Been hunting several game animals for 44 years. Turkey hunting about 6 of them so far. Can remember the first year they were put on the game land near here. Wardens set in a van during deer season waiting on poachers to drive by with a bird. Birds had been tagged with a transmitter.

42 -been hunting turkeys for 25 years

50 turkey hunting 32

39 - This spring will be my 22nd year chasing them.


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I'm 47 will be 48 this year. Been chasing them since I was 12, killed my first long beard on my own at 16. Pen Woods super raspy eZ3 reed. Mossburg 500 and Federal shells. ;) Then I bought an 870 turkey model. ;)

58 here. This will be my 20th year chasing them.

52 and this is my 40th year

52 and 30

58 and 44th year.

63 this year. 50 years and counting.

Im 66. Been hunting for 56 years. Started on Turkeys 37 years ago.

46, been turkey hunting 24 years

I'm 45, been at it for 27 years.

I'm 58. Been after the turkeys for about 20 years. I spent my 20's and 30's Bass fishing in the spring.

Will be 65 this year, and wow I myself didn't realize been at it almost 30 years, and still learning.

I'll be 48 on opening day in MS. Been hunting turkey since I was 7


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40 and turkey hunting 24 years

69 years old, hunting for 57 years, this spring will be my 22 years chasing turkey which is all I hunt these days

I'm 27 and have been hunting turkeys for 20 years. Followed Dad around since I was big enough to keep up with him

35, started hunting turkeys when I was 22 but took a couple years off in that span.

79 been turkey hunting 35 years.

Quote from: spurman on January 22, 2020, 10:55:54 AM
79 been turkey hunting 35 years.

Finally...someone older than me LOL!!!! I was starting to feel kinda antiquated!

39. Been after them for 26 years

I'm 55 rears old. Been hunting turkeys 43 years.

Started fall turkey hunting in perry county pennsylvania at our cabin when i was 12. Right in the mix with the Rohms and the Smiths. What a rich turkey hunting tradition that area has.

My uncles and grandpa did not hunt them in the spring. I had to wait till I was 16 to drive and spring hunt myself. I  was the first in my family to buy camo clothing  or run a diaphragm mouth call. What an adventure that was......

When I can no longer hunt just shovel dirt on me as my purpose on this earth is over.

I'm 53 been hunting turkeys for about 35 years.

62 been hunting turkeys 12 years.  Turkeys have just made a comeback in my area.  I've really gotten into it though, having gotten my Grand Slam and hunting multiple states as well.  Love chasing Ole 3 toes.

54 and this will be my 13th season


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36 in March, kick off my 23rd turkey season May 1st.

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68 yrs old. My Daddy started taking me hunting when I was 3. Turkeys 25 years.

I'm 40, been turkey hunting for 23 years.

38 and started at 14 so 24 years now.

Be 50 in 4 days!! Been after these Ozark gobblers for 40 years!! Love them big holler birds!!

I will be 29 in March, I went once or twice when I was 10 but the spring i turned 11 i started hunting them alot more and it has gotten worse ever since haha. I was thinking just the other day about one of my first spring hunts and how much i have learned since then. My dad had only turkey hunted very little before I started so we both had to learn everything as we went.

40/26

Heard my first bird when I was 14 on a hunt.. been scratching my neck like a crackhead ever since! Ya'll got any turkeys...scratch, scratch...

54 and 42

53 years old

41 years turkey hunting.

25 years old. Turkey huntin for 10.


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I'm 45 and have hunted spring gobblers since I was 15. I pray the good Lord blesses me with many more spring gobbler seasons.

71/47 years.

34/12

I guess I'm a bit of a late onset turkey hunter but man did I fall fast into the addiction.

65/3  Oldest rookie here I bet, but hooked deep I tell 'ya!!!

40 and I've been hunting them for 32 years. I got my first one when I was 11 and called in my first one at 13.


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36 and hunting turkeys for 24 years.

My grandpa showed me the ropes as a youngster. I remember, he would always set his Pennswoods mouth calls on a mantel above the washer and drawer, in what would now be consider a mud room. Being young and foolish, I didn't think about him slobbering on those calls, but I would give it a go at running them. I didn't start taking it super serious until I was old enough to drive around myself, but once I got the hang of calling and calling in my own birds, it was game over for me. Chasing spring gobblers is by far my favorite time of the year.

53....I got a late start on them. Started hunting turkey about 20 years ago....been seriously addicted for the past 15 years or so.

Before,  I was hung up on deer and antlers....now, I'd rather shoot a jake with my bow than a 150" whitetail.

51/21

29 this will be my 5th season after them


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am 77 chasing them 40 plus years in and around western n.y.

25 been after them about 15 years

45
chasing them for 22

52, chasing them for 12 (I cheated myself for the 1st 40.)


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32 years old been turkey hunting for 23 years

51. Took my first bird with a mouth call at 16.

Many years and loved every hunt.

Hope to go many more years, hope you all do the same.

37 started at 12 so got 25 years driving myself nuts over em.

I'll be 65 next month and started hunting turkeys in Louisiana when I was 15. I didn't hunt every year after that, but settled in Montana and have hunted them every year for the last 30 years.

Will turn 51 in May this spring will mark my 43 season. Father called in my first long beard at age of 8. Called and killed first one on my own at age of 13.


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41 only been hunting turkey for about the past 7 years, due to the last 23 years I have been in the Army (just retired) so after 9/11 I missed a lot of deer and turkey seasons.

32, been hunting them for 12 years

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45 and chasing them for 25

62 years young and been really hunting turkeys for 40 of them but had
killed a few earlier  in the fall while deer hunting

Quote from: Jmarek on January 27, 2020, 09:47:47 AM
62 years young and been really hunting turkeys for 40 of them but had
killed a few earlier  in the fall while deer hunting

Wow--that's me exactly!

 Catdaddy , that was my nickname in the papermill for 30 yrs , up till i retired ! Everyone in the mill had a nickname , especially the bosses .

Just turned 59, and I've been turkey hunting since the early 90's. Been hunting other game for 45 years.

40 and been hunting for about 30.  Got serious about turkey 10 years ago.  Hunted them some when younger, but sure regret all those missed years.

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I'm 69...I don't know how that happened without me noticing A buddy had been after me for years to go with him turkey hunting. I had been small game and later deer hunting, starting as a child of 10. I was passionate about all of it, but I had no idea what was in store for me when, on a gorgeous Spring morning, a guy came in to my work with a shining gobbler in the bed of his truck. That started something 20 or so years ago that I could never imagine. It's been my passion since that day.


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42, and have been hunting for as long as I could walk.  Killed first turkey at 9, so it's been about 33 years. 

I'm 38 years old and been turkey hunting 23 years . Time sure flys ! When I first started I got to hunt with a guy who had been turkey hunting for years . Every time I seen him he had a gobbler in the back of the truck that either he killed or called in for someone else ! I owe a lot to him and can't thank him enough for teaching me the tricks of the trade ! I was able to hit the ground running and built a lot of great memories over the years ! I've also taught my younger brother and a friend of mine and I can say they are now pretty good turkey hunters ! Once again I would like to thank my mentor and teacher of this great sport !

32 and this will be my 13th year hunting them. My dad only duck hunted growing up so everything else I got into later in life on my own will


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48. Started turkey huntin on my own in 1988, so this season will be 32 years. Remember my Dad, Grandpa, and Uncle taking me along before that though.

45 here and my old man called my first up for me when I was 9.  After em ever since. I called my 12 year olds first up for him last season.

I'm 62 years old and have been hunting Wild Turkeys for 44 years.

29 years old. Been hunting them 15 years. I'll never forget killing my first one sitting next to my dad in Northeast Arkansas. Been hooked ever since


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57 years young  :TooFunny:

On deck for season #42. Lots planned.  Another cross country killing spree soon to begin.

56 and heading for 42 seasons

47 and I believe it's been 34 seasons.

62 years and i'm thinking 45 years since i killed my first turkey

I'll be 36 this coming Wednesday and started turkey hunting back in 2012. A friend of mine got me into it back then. After that first time out I was hooked. I absolutely love to deer hunt but turkey hunting to me is way better. I got bitten bad by the bug!

61 years old. Been at it about 20 years. Got started late in life.

33 and turkey hunting for 23

38 been turkey hunting since I was 12

50 turkey hunting for 30 years

I'm 81 and got my Stevens MD 311 at 16 = 65yrs...

69 been hunting turkeys 46 years

I will be 67 in April. Been hunting turkeys for 10 years. My younger brother got me started. Nothing like having a big tom strutting out in front of you.

40 years old and this will be my 7th year with this affliction.

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I'm 40 and this spring will be my 23rd !

Just turned 59 and started hunting turkeys in 1982, so 38 years this Spring.  Took a while to figure things out & find a good place to hunt.

Jim

59 years old and only been hunting them 11 years. Have hunted every thing else all my life. Bubba

51 years old.  Been hunting turkeys only 5 years.

38. Be 39 in August. Hunted s few years off and on as a youngster. Nothing real serious. Just lucky a couple times. Shot my first spring bird at 19. After that I got into it more but still only when time was right. About the last 14-15 years I've MADE time. If they were bigger, I'd never kill another deer.


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I turned 50 last month. If not for my car accident it would be 26 or 27 years but because of my car accident and losing 17 years it is only really 8 or 9 years.

34 will be 35 April 11 which happens to be opening day here in VA.  Haven't missed a season since I killed my first bird when I was 10

34 and been hunting for 30

64. Been hunting turkeys for 31 years

53.  Been hunting turkeys for about 20 years.

73 years old been hunting since age six.  I did not hunt turkeys until the spring of 1974 after military and WV's first spring bird season in my area and can't wait til April 11 for VA to open.  Over those years I have learned a lot but not all I suppose.  Right now I am recovering from a torn achilles tendon which was repaired on 24 Dec. and doing all I can to get back out there.  I can assure you I'll be somewhere at daybreak on April 11.  Good luck to all.

This spring makes 50 seasons chasing spring gobblers ! I still make mistakes LOL

31 years old, been hunting turkey for 11 years. Wish I would have started earlier but I'm got to make the most of what I've got ahead of me.

38,,,been hunting for 26 years.

Just turned 44 this will be my 31st spring.

Be 39 next month,   I guess 23-25 years. I never had a mentor really so my first 5-6 years were pretty much just walking around in the spring.  Shot a few but don't think I really called any in until I was about  20.  I'll never forget that first one. 

It was late in the season and bout 11am one day.  There was a big Tom out struttin in my neighbors field, I could see from our barn.  There was a ridge on my property that ended right at the edge of that field.   It was thick with honey suckle and the leaves were on pretty good.  I slipped out to the end of the ridge and had an elevated position over the field.  But I couldn't see it at all.  I got my old yeller out and made a few yelps.  He gobbled once then nothing.  I called a few more times but no answer.  I sat there wondering if he was coming or not.  I kept glancing at my watch and it was 11:50 the day was ending in 10 minutes.   I was just about to assume he wasn't coming and leave when I heard for the first time ever a gobbler spit and drum.   When I heard it I knew what it was.  I never heard it before but it was just like I had imagined.   I put my gun on my knee and kicked off the safety. Through the honey suckle bush that was directly in front of me I can see the glow of a white head.   He rolled out from behind that bush in full strut at 12 yds!   He saw me and llifted his head.   Bad mistake!   I have been hooked ever since. 

I have gotten pretty good at killing em now.   I actually have guys call me to take em or their kids out.  I love it and can't wait for spring. 

60 this season will be 40 seasons Lord willing.

51 and 39 years chasing turkeys.

29 here. Been hunting them for 20 years. I was in my Dad's hip pocket for as long as I can remember. Killed my first when I was 9 with my dad and killed my first bird on my own when I was 15.

35/24

47 yrs old 35 yrs hunting

27 been hunting about 9 years


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45...first hunt around 13 years old. May have took a few years off in my yearly 20's while I was in rut busy chasing other things...   :TooFunny:

         

        59 years old

        37  years chasing turkeys

I'm 61.  Only been hunting them about 19 years.  There weren't turkeys around where I grew up until after I graduated college.  Decided to give them a try one day.  Called in 3 long beards my first time out.  Was running late to the woods and forgot to chamber a shell in Dad's Model 12.  My head hasn't been right since. 

I'll be 32 this April and it will be my 16th year chasing these birds.

I'll be 38 this Dec. Started 17 years ago come this April.

59/32

41/26

48 yrs young and after em for 28!


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I'm 67 and been hunting the King of Gamebirds 26 yrs.

Will be 31 in March, shot my first April of the year I turned 16

74/51

63/35

22 years old, been hunting for ~15 years but only been hunting turkeys for 4 years. This year will be #5

41/15 unfortunately. I was more into fishing.

53 / 42