This turkey is coming. Like no if, ands or buts about it, this turkey is coming. It was one of those with every gobble he was gaining ground. And I'm sitting there going, man, any second, we're going to be looking at him. And then finally, just like you draw it up in your head, out he appeared in full strut. And then came all the rest of them. And I mean all

the rest of them. I do not know how we managed to yelp up that many turkeys with only one

turkey gobbling the entire time, because we thought we were dealing with a single longbeard,

but it was not. It was a wad. Longbeards, jakes, hens, we had every variety and they were all marching our direction.

I'd never seen anything like it.

Just like clockwork, the rotations of the earth and the tilting of its axis towards the

south have once again found the North American continent in the early stages of the most glorious

and redemptive time of the year, the spring, despite the uncertainty

in the world of men, natural systems hum along with unfailing consistency. And by our good

fortune, many of us live in places where there are wild turkeys. Why everyone in America

doesn't hunt a wild turkey, I do not know, but I'm glad that they don't, but I'm grateful that I do.

And I'm truly thankful for every goblin, spitting, and drumming and strutting turkey that I've ever messed around with.

Being a turkey hunter is but a small ripple in the global affairs of men.

But in our minds, it stands like a granite peak, impossible to avoid.

You can't go around it or under it.

But each spring, you've got to go through it.

This is our Turkey Stories episode.

It's one of my favorites of the year.

And we've got a group of turkey storytellers that are as good as I've ever

heard. And I really doubt that you're going to want to miss this one. And I'll leave you with just

one hint about the next hour of your life. Whatever you do, don't miss Med Palmer's story at the end.

It might be the greatest turkey story ever told.

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