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I love it all, but def love just being in the turkey woods.

I like it all, but I'm there to kill a gobbler, and thats my favorite part of it.  But thats not saying I still didn't enjoy myself if I come home empty handed.

Watching the dawn slowly creep through the woods followed shortly by that first gobble makes me grin from ear to ear every single time.

Just being out there. Everyday is a different hunt. No telling what will happen...

I voted for all, but I really enjoy the calling part. That gives the greatest satisfaction to me. Hearing the gobble is about as God like as you can get. There's not a guy out there that doesn't like to kill a gobbler. I love to call them, but shooting them is right up there with anything I've ever done..Mike

I enjoy the calling the most.  To me, nothing is more thrilling than starting the calling and then the birds coming in like you see on those Turkey hunting shows......

Killing a gobbler

Quote from: CASH on April 28, 2011, 04:36:41 PM
Killing a gobbler

im still young thats all i care about at this point  :you_rock:

I like it all, but it's the rush when he is working in until it is time to shoot that gets me.  The pressure of making it all happen just right is the best.  Breathing after its all over is good too.

None of it dumb sport!  :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:


Every bit of it and more!! Can't wait for spring and fall hunting!

I voted all but I also like to smoke the turkey if I get lucky and it is one of the few things I have hunted that my wife will eat.

You left out the best part of the hunt.....Eating them!

Having a gobbler answer my calling is the biggest rush to me.

Love to hear them gobble, But nothing like calling them in and closing the deal.What a rush!!!!

I like the fact that you have to work your butt off to be successful. At least that is true in these hard scrabble Appalachian Mountains where I hunt. It's not like the Midwestern states where you set up on the edge of a field in a blind and choose which gobbler you want to shoot.
Spring gobbler hunting is real hunting. It's not like rifle deer hunting where somebody runs one by you and you take a crack.
I love the effort and when that effort is rewarded it is an accomplishment of the highest order.

I put just being in the woods but I definately agree with all of the above

The Smell of Gun Powder!  :you_rock:

I out all of the above, but that little time at pre-dawn is my favorite reason to be in the turkey woods, you can almost hear things start to yawn as the world wakes up.

I love it all but if you pin me down I will tell you I love to call them in best .

Besides pulling the trigger on one, I like nothing better than to hear that gobble before first light. 

I love it all! From hearing that first gobble of the morning to a boot on the head on a big old gobbler! There is a certain part that is indescribable to someone that has never been a part of the turkey woods! My  last kill this year I was set up in the end of a narrow food plot, he gobbled probably 250 yards away or more and then surprised me when he gobbled on the edge of the field no more than 75 yards away.  I love the excitement of not knowing where that next gobble is going to come from. It could be 400 yards away or he could have slipped right into gun range without you even knowing it! And the feeling of success when you finally tote one of those unpredictable birds out of the woods over your shoulder!  It's just good stuff!

I voted all, but would any of us actually go hunting (any hunting) if the kill was not expected at the end of it?

Great thread!

To me, theres a feeling you get JUST before the shot. A feeling of mounting excitement, accomplishment, trickery, and the pure joy that you just fooled a Tom into thinking you are the real thing.

I like it all, but being in the woods and watching it get light listening to the sounds, and then calling in a gobbler close and listening to him thunder... Killing him is fun but dang then its over...

All the above for me! :icon_thumright:

All of the above.  I would also add being out with a buddy and/or helping a person get his or her first bird.

being outside period. there isn't one thing i don't love about being in the spring time turkey woods. but favorite i would say is spending it with my dad and close friends and brother. nothing more special than hearing a whipoorwill at first rise of the sun and then followed by a gobble and look at your hunting partner and say those two irresistable words. "lets go!!!"

just being out there. you can see things out there that you cant see anywhere else

When you can hear him drumming but can't see him yet!!!

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Though I'm out there to bring one home with me, I don't just want to just kill one for the sake of killing one.  Because some methods of killing one aren't as appealing as others.  I'm not above stooping to lessor forms of turkey hunting to kill him, if I get in the right frame of mind, but that's not what I like best about it.  And I also don't want to just call one in, only to miss him.  Neither do I want to set up on one, and not be able to call him in and kill him.

What I like most about it, is the traditional essence of turkey hunting -- to set up on a gobbler, call him in, and kill him.

I get a real rush with that, and that's what I like the most about this great sport.

well said :icon_thumright:

While the actual hunts stick with me, they all kinda run together except for a few distinct ones. So that being said my two favorite parts are:

Standing there in the pre-dawn darkness as the orange tint just starts to show listening to the whipporwills and owls --- then BAM he hammers down and the hunt is on! (I voted for just being in the turkey woods). I like to call this the spiritual aspect of hunting, that quiet time before daylight and the hard scrabble hunt to just reflect on times past and talk with God.

My second favorite part is when a hunting partner and I have had a successful hunt and we are walking that long wlk back to camp or the truck holding a gobbler or two over our shoulders and already retelling our own versions of the hunt as if the other one wasn't actually there and actually witnessed it. That makes all the lost sleep, tired feet/legs, and back logged work emails worth it!!!!

Now don't get me wrong, I am out there every time to lay the hammer down on one. I just enjoy the above two parts more than actually pulling the trigger.

Daman

WOrking a gobbling turkey:  the kind that just can't help but double-gobble at everything you throw at them.

There's nothing like the feeling when you know He's Coming!

Its all about playing the game! :you_rock:

My favorite part of turkey hunting is calling the bird. To be more precise, I love being able to talk to this wild animal in his own language and say something specifically, have him understand what I have said and speak back to me and then being able to understand what he has just said and begin a complete two-way conversation that hopefully ends with him in range and me shooting him.

On a related note, there are times that I should be absolutely embarrassed over what specific acts of wanton debauchery that I have had to promise to engage in with this gobbler once he came over to see me. Kind of unfair being a Gobbler Tease, but I get over it!

Cheers.

FullChoke

What is their NOT to like about turkey hunting. Other than the silent mornings.

I voted for all of the above. Killing an old boss gobbler is why I'm there, but calling up jakes and hens is still a rush to me after 42 years of chasing turkeys. I love the sunrises and and sunsets and watching the other critters and see and learn new things on every hunt. If I ever loose interest in any of the aspects of a hunt, it will be time for me to put my gun up and quit.

I like it all...my wifes favorite part is the day the season ends

It's hard and not every peckerhead is doing it, nor can they do it! It's true, pure, and can humble the best turkey hunter on the planet any given day.