Codys 2008 Youth Turkey Hunt

EXCELLENT!!!!!

Congrats.

Congrats!

Well here is the story behind Cody's turkey. We started of this morning with little sleep because we were so excited about the morning hunt. We got up at 4:00 a.m. and was sitting under a tree at 4:45 a.m. this morning. At around 5:50 a.m. the birds started gobblin all around us. We heard probable 8 or ten birds around the area gobblin. They gobbled good until about 7:00 then it got pretty quiet. Around 7:10 we saw are first bird come to the field and it was a hen probable about 100 yards away. It fed off and we lost sight of it. Then about 7:45 Cody said Dad there is a turkey. It was not just one turkey but five total. They fed up closer to us and I noticed they were all five jakes. I hit my slate call very soft with some clucks and purrs and they did not respond to the call. I did not want to over call so I did not call any more. They ended up feeding to probable 80 yards from us and I noticed that they observed my decoys and kind of stood up tall and looked at them but just would not come in any closer. They ended up feeding out of sight. My son got a little upset and I told him we just need to sit here and be patiant. Around 9:00 my son once again said dad there is a turkey on the ridge over there. It was probable about 200 hundred yards away. I hit my slate call and the bird came at a full run to us across the field. The bird got to within 15 yards from the decoys and turned and came straight at us. My son did not have his gun postioned in the right direction and with the bird wich was a jake only five yards away I whispered don't move. The bird fed off and I looked behind where this bird came from and there was four more jakes running towards us. This time he had a chance to swing his gun over to their direction and was ready. They got to about 30 to 35 yards away and stopped and looked at the decoys and I gave him the thumbs up that they were in range. A few seconds later boom and a turkey flopping on the ground. I said go get your bird and he ran over and got a hold of it. Dad had a hard time getting up to go congratulate him becuase both of my legs were asleep. Once I finally got to him we did some high fives and pakced everything up and took his bird to get checked in. After checking his bird in we drove by the field we were hunting and noticed four long beards strutting near where we were set up. We stopped and looked at them for a minute and Cody said I don't care that those long beards are out there now I am happy with my turkey. I said you should be, because I am very proud of you and your bird. Cody just turned 11 and he has killed two turkeys, four deer, a wild boar, and a ram. It was a great hunt to share with my son and hopefully meany more to follow. Looks like I got a hunting partner for life and a few more years I will have another hunting partner, my youngest son. Well I have typed long enough don't want to bore everybody.
Nightowl

Great story! You should be proud of him, he is a fine youngster. h.h.

Congrats to the youngster on a fine first turkey.

Great story and pictures. Congrats on a job well done.

Awesome story!...congrats!!!!!!!!

Outstanding! Congrats to Cody and Dad!!!