Originally Posted by Blackheart
I just never did understand what it is about turkeys and turkey hunting that grabs some people like that. They just never grabbed me that way and maybe I wish they did.


That's sort of the way I am with hunting in general. Some people's lives simply revolve around it. I like hunting, but it isn't the main focus of my life. I like accumulating guns and recreational shooting. I do enjoy deer and small game hunting, and spring turkey is a way to get out some more. But the competition among hunters has gotten insane. When its competition, it's no longer recreation. I used to do a lot a bass fishing and still do quite a bit. But the competition in tournements is just crazy. It destroys the sense that is a recreation, after all. Same with deer hunting. Never needed to kill anything so badly that I had to trespass, poach, leave my stand up all year long in violation of the law (public land), or run dogs through areas where I know individual hunters are and who had gotten there first.