After two seasons and more money than I want to admit on turkey calls I finally got my first turkey last week. We had yet another close call in the morning, but no luck. I went back out in the afternoon and set up above the field where they were feeding. I found a good spot and started softly calling on my Mabry walnut slate. I didn't have to wait long before two heads popped up off to my right. They started circling down hill out of range and I yelped softly on my mouth call and they turned up hill. I didn't wait to see if the second tom was bigger, and took the first shot I was confident would kill. I'm guessing he was a 2 year old. His beard was 6 inches and his spurs 1/2". He wasn't the huge tom we saw that morning, but I couldn't be happier to have my first turkey.
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Congratulations on your first bird!
Well done, congratulations!
Congratulations on your first gobbler! That walk back to the truck with a gobbler over your shoulder sure makes for happier walk. ;D
Congratulations and please accept my condolences on being hopelessly addicted now. ;)
Congrats on your first bird brother. Condolences on being addicted to a sport where you can only treat the symptoms and never be cured. Spend lots of time and money and you will be fine, LOL. Al Baker
Congrats! The first one sure is nice.
Thanks y'all!
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Very nice. Well played. Congrats on your first of what I hope is many.
Way to go!
What state are you hunting in? Looks like beautiful country.
Congratulations on your first turkey looks like a nice one :icon_thumright:
congrats on a very nice first bird!
Way to go, but now there's no turning back.
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Way to go!
What state are you hunting in? Looks like beautiful country.
Thanks! I'm in Colorado, and it is beautiful country for sure.
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Congrats on your first Gobbler.
Congrats on first pretty bird
Congrats on your first bird!
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Congrats on your first!!
Congrats on your first and hopefully many more to come!
Fantastic!
Beautiful! Bet ur hooked!!!
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Awesome! Good for you! :camohat:
Great job! Persistence pay off. I shot my first one in my 2nd season too. I bumped one at 20yds, and the vision of a longbeard jumping in the air and flying behind some low trees haunted me for a year.
From the rubbed off tips of his 2nd & 3rd primary wing feathers, you can tell he had been strutting somewhere.
Congratulations! Great feeling
Congratulations.
congrats from Tennessee...
Congrats! You got it bad now!
Congrats!! :z-winnersmiley:
Congrats
Congrats! It's all downhill from here...
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Congratulations! Nice bird! your ruined now for sure.