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Post by galshunt2 on Apr 20, 2008 23:34:36 GMT -5
Just let you know our 8 yrd old son killed his first bird today. He weighed 24 1/2 lbs, 9 1/2" beard and 20 mm spurs. It was great. He is so excited!
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Post by quackingtim on Apr 21, 2008 0:22:10 GMT -5
Sounds like we got a proud mother. Congrats. I wish I got started that early in life. Can you post a pic?
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Post by Decatur on Apr 21, 2008 2:15:04 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 21, 2008 3:14:50 GMT -5
That is GREAT!
Congartulations to the young hunter.
Have you got a picture and a story?
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Post by fftce67 on Apr 21, 2008 10:08:02 GMT -5
congrats to the youngster.
Please post a pic of the young hunter and turkey
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Post by woodmaster on Apr 21, 2008 19:07:07 GMT -5
Congrats!
Hopefully he will be hooked for life.
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Post by huxbux on Apr 21, 2008 19:09:03 GMT -5
Congrats to the young man!
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Post by jim1966 on Apr 21, 2008 20:05:13 GMT -5
Congrats to your son. Hope theres many more to come.
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Post by galshunt2 on Apr 21, 2008 21:36:50 GMT -5
Well this weekend was fun. Yesterday Blake and Steve headed out in the morning and had birds all over them. Steve and Matt called in two jakes in at 20 yards, Blake shot and missed one. He just got too nervous.so we went out Sat. evening, and sat down a corn field, Nothing. No gobbles or anything. Again steve got Blake up and went this morning and had no luck. I had went to a bow shoot and on my way home I thought I would give a friend a call to see if he would let us go back on his farm. He said yes and that the birds have been gobbling mid day and evenings.( which is different than what we are used to.) We couldn't hardly get any gobbling after 10am.So we headed out at 1:45. It was raining and we know there was a slight chance we would hear anything. The crows were going and off into the distance we heard one. We climbed to the top of the hill and called. Sure enough there was a tom but somehow we passed one and he was where we just came from. So hoping to get him to come up the ridge to us. Steve began calling. And he hammered away none stop. ANd then here come another tom. The two gobbled and gobbled. This went on for about a hour. Finally these birds were not coming in so we moved around the hill and down to the creek. KNowing we were taking a chance of spooking them, we couldn't give up yet. So we got closer; now in the bottom. we could see them strutting and gobbling. And once again the just wouldn't come in. So, yes we are crazy, the three of us belly crawled about 100 yrds and some how I don't know , we made it about 50 yrds away from him. ( one of the birds left).Can't believe we didn't scare him.at 4:30 Blake took the shot at 50 yrds. Which is a little bit farther than we would like but he got it done. The bird was kinda doing the "drunk walk" so Blake shot him again. The bird weighed 24 1/2 lbs had 9 1/2 in beard and 20 mm spurs. What a first turkey.  ?This is a memory we will never forget.Talk about workin' for this one!  |
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Post by turk2di on Apr 22, 2008 5:54:16 GMT -5
Great story & pic. Congrats on the bird!
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Post by larryhagmansliver on Apr 22, 2008 6:05:15 GMT -5
Now that was a great read! I get goose bumps reading stories like that!
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Post by fftce67 on Apr 24, 2008 6:38:19 GMT -5
Great story and bird
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Post by Greenedog on Apr 24, 2008 6:57:01 GMT -5
That`s awesome! I have not been hearing any gobbling after 8:00 am here.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 24, 2008 16:13:56 GMT -5
Great picture and story..
Send our congratulations to the young hunter..
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