Spring Is Turkey Hunting Time
On most mornings, the average person wakes up to another work day. This can be a good feeling or a not so good feeling depending on whether or not you enjoy your work. But this time of year is one of the more anticipated times if you happen to be a wild turkey hunter.
The spring mornings early rise before day light provides excitement about the possibilities of encountering the first gobbler of the season. The sounds of the woods coming alive with the all important gobble from afar is experienced by many turkey hunters. Their faces filled with pleasure and dreams of success can be spotted from a distance.
The collections of box calls, slate calls, and diaphragm mouth calls will be in every turkey hunter’s backpack. The hill tops, ridges, flat lands, fields, and every where in between will be saturated by many a turkey hunter. There will be spotting, lots of walking, calling, and listening. All this activity with the hopes of taking the elusive wild turkey.
Some days, when all the situations and conditions are right, turkey hunting can seem somewhat easy. You stop at your first location which you had been watching for several weeks. You walk to a predetermined spot. You take out your favorite turkey call. You fire up a couple of clucks and yelps and boom. The woods come alive with the thundering sound of that old tom turkey.
You get excited, the turkey gets excited, and the next thing you know, there the turkey is. He has come running in on top of you as if on a string. Your heart is pounding. Your breathing becomes harder and harder. You suddenly develop a case of the shakes. The closer the gobbler comes to you the worse off your conditions are. You try to compose yourself with little success.
Finally, you regain your senses just as the old tom makes his way within range. You take a deep breath, focus, and make a successful shot on one of natures most famous creatures. Then, as if a switch was turned on, all those emotions come rushing back in again. But this time, the feelings are of relief and happiness. You have accomplished what so many hunters only dream of.
Now us turkey hunters know that it doesn’t work out like this very often, but it sure does feel good when it does. It makes up for all those hours spent in the field with no luck. But hey, that is ok to. You could be at work. Think about that with a smile.
