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First Turkey
« on: April 03, 2016, 11:51:54 AM »
I called in this tom for my son Garric yesterday morning 15 minutes into opening day. This was his first after two unsuccessful seasons. We put a group to bed the night before and were in position well before daylight the next morning. This was a feat itself as we were 4 miles in behind a locked gate on public land. After the birds strutted in spitting and drumming and Garric starting to hyperventilate I gave him the go ahead for the 15 yrd shot. A very special day and a well deserved bird!
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2016, 11:53:11 AM »
Excellent :tup:
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2016, 11:55:46 AM »
Here's another pic
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2016, 12:03:57 PM »
Great job congrats to him :IBCOOL:
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2016, 01:22:12 PM »
Amen! Now that is America! :)

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2016, 01:41:25 PM »
Congrats.... :tup: :tup:

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2016, 03:54:36 PM »
Awesome!  Congratulations  :tup:

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2016, 04:26:14 PM »
Great job Garric and Dad.  :tup:
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2016, 06:52:55 PM »
Way to go Dad! Congrats on your first bird Garric! I'm sure this bird is sooooo sweet after 2 learning seasons!
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2016, 07:51:37 PM »
Congrats! Good job Dad!


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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2016, 08:26:04 PM »
The best!

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2016, 08:41:05 PM »
Sweet! Did he pack it out all four miles like that   :chuckle:. Be a good idea to get a little orange on that bird if you are packing it any real distance on public land.....even on youth weekend. Awesome time for you and him for sure  :tup:.

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2016, 09:54:25 PM »
Good job dad!  He'll always remember this.  My son missed one this weekend, too close!

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2016, 09:57:45 PM »
Very nice!  Love the over the shoulder shot.

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2016, 10:09:30 PM »
Fantastic
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2016, 10:25:11 PM »
Awesome memory there pal!

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2016, 12:50:28 PM »
Sweet! Did he pack it out all four miles like that   :chuckle:. Be a good idea to get a little orange on that bird if you are packing it any real distance on public land.....even on youth weekend. Awesome time for you and him for sure  :tup:.

No, dad had the pleasure of packing it out and it was fully enclosed in a turkey vest/pack. That picture was taken about 10 feet from where he killed it so we were safe and most guys were still in bed  :chuckle:. I agree. There are a lot of yaahoo's out there that don't identify their targets before pulling the trigger. Great advise for all to adhere to.
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2016, 12:51:50 PM »
Garric says thank you for all the kind words. He already wants to know when I'm going to be able to get it mounted up ;)
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2016, 01:00:28 PM »
Awesome! Only 15 yards away like that would be very exciting.

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2016, 01:53:49 PM »
Way to stick with it!!!! Nice Tom! :tup:
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2016, 02:24:21 PM »
 :tup: :tup: :tup:

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« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2016, 05:11:25 PM »
Doesn't get any better then that!   :tup:
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2016, 06:51:43 PM »
 :tup: :tup:  So cool to see the excitement in his eyes!
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« Reply #23 on: April 04, 2016, 07:03:31 PM »
That's the good stuff right there.
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« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2016, 08:40:20 PM »
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2016, 08:53:21 PM »
Tell the boy congrats Ric,  love seeing youngsters with success photos!

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2016, 09:33:16 PM »
Awesome!
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #27 on: April 04, 2016, 10:12:52 PM »
Nice turkey!! :tup:

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2016, 08:51:06 AM »
 :whoo:     So cool seeing a successful young gentlemen !!!!

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« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2016, 09:10:42 PM »
Alright young buck way to go.
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2016, 10:02:30 PM »
Awesome! Congratulations!

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #31 on: April 07, 2016, 06:18:31 PM »
Congrats to all of you young hunters last weekend!

Here's a couple more pictures of my sons hunt.
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« Reply #32 on: April 07, 2016, 06:59:51 PM »
My favorite
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First Turkey
« Reply #33 on: April 07, 2016, 07:08:02 PM »
Awesome photo!  👍

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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #34 on: April 09, 2016, 03:01:49 PM »
Good job young man ...dandy bird !!!!!

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« Reply #35 on: April 15, 2016, 10:12:13 PM »
Bird is almost as big as your son
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Re: First Turkey
« Reply #36 on: April 16, 2016, 07:41:18 AM »
 :whoo:
Way to go Garric and dad !!!!  That's what its about right there !!!!
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« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2016, 09:22:24 AM »
Very cool. Way to get it done.
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