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Case: It’s too early to talk turkey, but it’s too late to stop now

Contributed photo / Dave Miller lines up his shot while turkey hunting. It may still be winter, but the spring turkey hunters are already itching to get out into the field and call in some gobblers, writes "Guns & Cornbread" columnist Larry Case.
Contributed photo / Dave Miller lines up his shot while turkey hunting. It may still be winter, but the spring turkey hunters are already itching to get out into the field and call in some gobblers, writes "Guns & Cornbread" columnist Larry Case.

By Larry Case 6 min read

I am going back on something I said I would not do.

Not long ago, I was tired of seeing posts on the Book of Faces and other founts of knowledge in the social media and internet labyrinth. Overanxious turkey hunters, as early as January, were going on about how they were ready for the spring turkey season and how they “just couldn’t wait” for it all to start.

In truth, I will confess that I don’t like the “I just can’t wait” phrase. It may seem trivial, but the fact is you will wait if something has a date on it and don’t try to make things happen so quickly. Time goes by too fast as it is.

So again, some weeks ago I was chastising those who wanted to talk about spring turkey hunting too soon — it is still winter, after all — and here I am doing what I said I wouldn’t do. Well, we are here now, so I may as well dive into it with a little sermon to get you going on spring gobbler season.

Spring gobbler hunting is just that: It happens in the springtime. Spring is when male turkeys strut their stuff for the girls and make all that racket that we turkey hunters claim to love so much (gobbling).