Do you ever see yourself hanging up the turkey hunting boots? After about forty years of deer hunting I pretty much lost interest, at least as far as me being the shooter. I still enjoy taking first timers and kids.
I've turkey hunted for forty five years now and still have the same fire and enthusiasm as I did as a kid. Both my Mom and Dad still enjoy it as much as they ever did. I often wonder if I'll ever lose that feeling. I don't think I will and I certainly hope not. Do you ever find yourself thinking about hanging it up and doing something else with your time? Or do you think it is just a part of who you are?
No not as long as I'm healthy
I dint start until last year when i was 64 so i guess i can hunt until i get old. I got two birds and one was a real nice one cant wait until April .
Not until they throw dirt in my face.............
With deer hunting I gave up bow hunting, muzzle loader and shotgun hunting years ago as I lost interest in them because of my stronger desire and interest with upland and waterfowl hunting. I just didn't have time to do all of it at the same time so deer hunting was tossed out the window. Now turkeys is a whole different story brother. No way, no how. The Turkey Gods speak too loudly for me to ever lose interest in them..... EVER!
(Did I explain myself clear enough or do I need to go into more detail?) :TooFunny:
I feel the same way,if they closed deer season here it would'nt bother me.Then i could concentrate more on fall turkeys and trapping.
It's the only Hunting I do anymore since the Shorthair retired. I'll never give it up as long as I can still get out there. It's a passion.
Before I got married I done it all deer hunting, turkey hunting, Grouse hunting, and fishing. But after my wife and I were hitched I decided to give up deer hunting. I was already losing interest and without a doubt Turkey hunting and Grouse hunting were my favorite by far. I just hate having to site for hours on in in the same spot and with turkey hunting and especially grouse hunting I didn't have to worry about that anymore. So I have two English setters that I have raised and trained from pups and I have had bird dogs now for about 19 yrs and can't see myself with out one. I try and take a trip at least every other year to Wisconsin and its a great time and I look forward to it very much. But now I'm starting to also eye some turkey hunting trips especially a trip to FL for some Osceola's just having to save up for $$$ of hunting a private spot through an outfitter probably....and then a trip to Alabama....Lord willing one day it will happen. But I just don't see my self giving up turkey hunting as long as the Lord allows me to chase after them.
God Bless
NEVER !!!! as long as i'm able i will be turkey and deer hunting. its way to deep in me as a person to ignore
I have hunted everything in the state at one time or another and you can have them all but my turkeys! I will hunt them as long as I can either hear them or see them
Quote from: TANK on March 02, 2011, 07:00:09 PM
Not until they throw dirt in my face.............
X-2
I like to bow hunting deer, but I give that up allot for fishing. I'm finding I like chasing long beards more and more as the years go by.
It will be a tough day when I have to hang up my Turkey Huntin boots.
Nope!!Used to be diehard deer hunter and waterfowl hunter.Still do a little of both,just hunt deer with a muzzleloader now.Turkeys get me excited today like it was the first time I ever went!!Plus ya gotta love huntin in the spring!!(and early fall)
I hunted ducks for about twenty years just as hard as I could go. I started hunting turkeys about half way through the duck hunting years. I now find myself standing in the duck ponds wondering if I will hear a turkey gobble before the ducks start flying. Turkey hunting is a sport that completely stands alone and has no equal. I hope I never lose the fire for it or the enjoyment of it!!!!!
Nope turkey hunting is made in me.I still deer hunt because its the only thing to do that time of year.LOVE TURKEY HUNTING.
I was a hardcore deer/hog hunter since 1980. The last few years have seen me more interested in chasin' ducks in the fall. That bein' said, I live and breathe spring turkey huntin'. Till they slam the coffin lid I will hunt em. :you_rock:
Even after 17 years and the birds I have been fortunate to kill and the countless others I have called up for others, I still am in that stage where I want to see the rivers run red with turkey blood in the spring.. I guess I am not advancing through the stages of turkey hunting very fast, so the answer is NO..
When I get so old and feeble that I can no longer drive myself to the woods or walk away from the truck, I hope I will have someone who will drop me off and let me sit under an old oak with my shotgun and a call. If I pass away sitting under that tree, well I can't think of a better way to leave this world. I hope the last sound I hear is a turkey gobbling on the way in.
I will continue to take my kids Deer hunting until they don't wont to go anymore. As far as turkey hunting goes, There is nothing better then standing next to my brother and watching the woods come alive every Spring morning. I guess if the hair ever stops standing up on the back of my neck when that ole gobbler wakes up and lets me know its time to play the game again, then I guess I will hangum up,but I don't ever see that happening. Its not just hunting,Its a way of life for me.
Sometimes I think about it but it doesn't last long, I know there will be a time when I can no longer go and chase them woods ghosts, so untill that day I hope I can go out every spring and chase them, and when the time comes I hope I got some whoppers to tell the youngins starting out and they keep comeing to me for advice and shareing their tells with me.
No. It is as important to my life as breathing.
It's not happing
I don't kill enough to get tired of them. Even if I got as many as some people on here, I still don't think that would be enough. There is just something about hearing one sound off.
As long as my 2 legs will get me out into the great outdoors, I'll be a TURKEY HUNTER!
Quote from: Skeeterbait on March 02, 2011, 08:46:17 PM
When I get so old and feeble that I can no longer drive myself to the woods or walk away from the truck, I hope I will have someone who will drop me off and let me sit under an old oak with my shotgun and a call. If I pass away sitting under that tree, well I can't think of a better way to leave this world. I hope the last sound I hear is a turkey gobbling on the way in.
I couldn't have said it better myself Skeeter.
Nope
Turkeys are the only thing I take off work to hunt.
I'll turkey hunt until my body doesn't allow me to hunt anymore.
About 10 years ago I went thru a time when I had killed alot of turkeys. Killed a Grand Slam and done almost everything you could do with turkey hunting. The urge to have to kill a turkey went away. I knew I would never stop turkey hunting but I don't have to kill a turkey anymore to have fun. Now I can enjoy the outdoors, take some other people, call turkeys for some first time turkey hunters. I still like to kill turkeys and will still pull the trigger every spring. So I would say no I am not going to quit turkey hunting.
TRKYHTR
NEVER!!!!!! I absolutely love turkey hunting!!! :love5: I like deer, duck, squirrel, etc. hunting, but turkey hunting really gets me going. I'll do it 'til the day I die.
:newmascot: :emoticon-cartoon-012:
This will be my 11th year turkey hunting. This past deer season was my 33rd season I think. I don't think I'll ever hang up hunting either one, as long as the health allows me......that being said, I will on occasion sleep in during deer season. ;)
I can't see myself ever wanting to quit. Don't get me wrong, I love deer hunting too, but there is just something so special to me about spring turkey season. I think about it from the day our season goes out until the day it starts the next year. As soon as I tag out, or even while I still have tags, I'm looking for people that want/need help calling birds in. I can't get enough, and I hope that feeling never goes away.
I have hunted and killed deer, bear, elk, quail, doves and coyotes during my life time. I rode my horse from Palm Springs for 6 hours on a old mining trail to catch trout with my dad. I hunted in Calif. and Utah for many years. About twenty years ago I lost interest and quit, and my hunting partner died early. I also realized I could not carry the big game out on my back anymore (old injuries from working show horses). We din not have any turkeys or pheasants then to hunt. A friend now retired from the state and from Kentucky got me interested in turkey hunting, and I like it and being able to carry in what I shoot. That said I also hunt with a camera so the kill is secondary. I will keep hunting as long as my health permits. Great topic by the way.
:fud: :gobble: :newmascot: :fire: = good meals!!
I dont see that happening, I could in the deer hunting but not turkeys. Its just different.
I dont know how to explain it but I think you understand.
Never, never, never, never, never, never.
nope...never :z-guntootsmiley:
I'll go as long as I'm able. Thankfully, if you can walk a bit, you can turkey hunt. This truly is a sport you can carry into your twilight years and enjoy if you have a little bit of health and mobility left in you.
don't see ot happening
I agree with everyone. There's just a different feeling I get when hunting turkeys vs. other critters. I'm not sure what causes it and don't really want to know. I'm just glad its there!
as long as i have ammo and a gun ill still be in the woods when ever i can chasing the trophy freezing my butt off walking miles a day threw snow rain and sleet ill still be kickin :you_rock:
Quote from: lmbhngr on March 02, 2011, 10:20:44 PM
Turkeys are the only thing I take off work to hunt.
:icon_thumright:
Lets see, my dad called up a gobbler when I was less then a year old. I still remember that bird. As a result I'd do anything to chase a turkey. I told my boss "I'm taking 2 weeks off to turkey hunt, and don't expect me to be around much through the spring. If you don't like that I'll see myself out." Every night for the past month I've had at least one dream about turkeys. As the Mossy Oak saying goes, "It's not a passion, its an OBSESSION."
Quote from: hookedspur on March 02, 2011, 06:48:03 PM
No not as long as I'm healthy
:agreed: :icon_thumright:
i don't turkey because i want to... i turkey hunt because have to !
don't care that much for deer hunting anymore,mostly duck hunt in the winter,but turkey hunting is by far the only hunting there is
I still get just as excited when that gobbler comes in as the very first one did years ago
not as long as I can walk. Don't care much for deer hunting. I would rather kill a turkey with an 8 inch beard that a 10pt. Thats just me though.
If I can manage to make it out there at all.....I'll be there
Lost interest in upland birds and waterfowl. Nothing ever got me like turkey hunting. Just wish I'd have started sooner!