My first bird!!!!

[Happy]

Congrats and he will taste just fine. Good flavor hunt.

[TRG3]

When I took my first bird some 20+ years ago, I couldn't tell a jake from a mature bird but it didn't matter since I'd finally taken a turkey!!

[Hookinembig]

Congrats on your first bird. Who cares if it isn't a gobbler its still a beautiful bird and don't be ashamed of it. I am sorry that you will be afflicted with this disease that we all suffer from of turkey fever. It is not curable and you will dream of turkeys and it will consume your life. Welcome.

[supremepredator]

Wow. Thanks everyone! Oh yea the very next morning I heard a tom gobble at camp! I pursued him and when I got down their he stopped gobbling. I thought he was on the neighbors property, cause he was not in the field. so I walked quietly toward the property line (which is a creek) and I got about 20 feet from it and boom! He was right their in the freaking creek! He hightailed it out of their before I could even shoulder my shotgun. In not sure if his gobbles were muffled by the dip of the creek or if he moved in their while I was making a move on him. If he would have gobbled 1 more time when I got to the field, he would have met his maker. But man, turkeys can be sneaky as heck!