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Stole this idea from the deer hunting forum. It's pretty cool to see some of these old pictures.
12 year old me
Mossberg 500 12 gauge
No idea on the shells I'm sure it was the cheapest thing my dad could find at Walmart because that's his style

Good thread!

Fall of 1991, I was 12. Remington 1100 ,12 gauge
2 3/4” high brass #4’s.

I know I don't have any pictures of the first several I killed. I hunted by myself and never thought about taking any.

Oh man, I was 12 in 1976 when I crushed my first gobbler. Singler shot H&R 10ga shooting #4 buck shot. I remember it like it was yesterday, my parents had a pic but I have no clue what became of it.

1980 - 1981-ish

Winchester 1200 12 gauge and a Federal 2 3/4" magnum #2 shot.

Only photographic evidence is a pair of totally crappy, blurry Polaroids.

Uh huh.

From back in the day when you used ammo that would "break 'em down". Nobody had ever, yet heard of this 10" circle nonsense.

Back when I first started loading my own turkey shells, my only concern was if the shot would perforate a metal soup can at 30 yards...

Blurry and crappy photos are part of the fun!

And another turkey hunter was born!

My sons first he was 6 years old
Mossberg .410 bantam
#9 tss

Sons first, double bearded too. Lucky joker. We watched the top of his fan over a hill for an hour, about 200 yards away, strutted the entire time with a hen. You think he left, but 10 minutes later youd barely see the fan again. He was way up there by the far powerpole in pic. Fairly confident he would come our way when done and he did. Gobbled once about half way to us.

This was my first longbeard. I believe I was 21ish. At the time in my neck of the woods a gobbler was like a 6 point bull. I hunted every day for 2 weeks and finally got it done. You have no idea what a thrill it was. I used my new then Winchester 1300.....new to me that is. I bought it used. Love that shotgun.

Thats awesome start them young! Look at the smile on his face I bet he will never forget that hunt.

april 1978,,, 19'.5# 9.5" beard

My 9 year old Grandson just shot his first Gobbler last Saturday.
#9 TSS 28ga

I'll be 60 next month, still hoping for my first. I took both my sons when they were boys in youth seasons. They both have gone on to get many more now that they are grown. One of my daughter in laws has shot 3. We don't have a many where we hunt , so I leave them to my kids. Have 3 little grandsons with another one coming. I hope I see them get their first turkeys, deer and pheasants/quail.
Good pictures

Great stuff jc189!

Best to you and yours BigPine!

Eastern?

Congrats on the youngins' killin their first birds. You are raisin them right!

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