Took my daughter out for the youth opener on Saturday here in NC and all we seen was a large number of Jake's. I told her she could take anyone that she wanted as they were all legal and she made it clear to me that she wanted to wait for a gobbler.
I was pretty impressed that she had the determination and discipline to hold off.
Fast forward to this morning (tried to get her to go yesterday morning but she was exhausted and passed) and we heard a bunch of gobbling behind our blind. They flew out and to the right of us and followed hens across the field and about 250 yards away. We watched them until 7:15am and then had another one gobble very close behind us. I looked over to my right and he came out from the wood line. As soon as he saw our avian Jake he lowered his head and marched straight towards him. Sophia was ready and wasted little time and at 7:38am her 20gauge went off and this guy dropped.
Her bird had 9 5/8in beard, 1 1/8in spurs and weighed 20.38lbs(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/9348ed6ba2777274091aa3f395ee1801.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200406/f03c805865058aeabd777adf8c02b522.jpg)
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Fantastic, congrats
Congrats ! Nice bird.
That is awesome!! Keep it up!!!
Congrats on a great father/daughter hunt!
Congrats to the young lady and dad.
Awesome! Congrats to you both.
Congrats, awesome pictures, glad you got to enjoy her success.
Irreplaceable memories. Congrats.. :icon_thumright:
Congrats on a nice bird
Awesome! Congrats to the young lady and to you. I'm hoping to get my 8 year old son his first bird in a couple weeks.
Congratulations!!!
Very cool! Nice to see your young lady taking an interest in hunting and dad following through doing his part. Young folks like her,...and especially women,...becoming hunters are the key to the future of hunting in this country. Well done, dad!
Looks like we created a monster.
Congrats again young lady.
That's time well spent! Congratulations to you both!
Nice job, congrats
Way to go young lady, congratulations!
Congrats to you both. You cant get those memories on a video game. Awesome bro :funnyturkey:
Congrats!
Congratulations Sophia!!
Congratulations to both of you , I remember last years pictures
Awesome Congrats to you both.
Congratulations to her.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 06, 2020, 12:35:32 PM
Very cool! Nice to see your young lady taking an interest in hunting and dad following through doing his part. Young folks like her,...and especially women,...becoming hunters are the key to the future of hunting in this country. Well done, dad!
Couldn't agree more. Thanks
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Quote from: Gooserbat on April 06, 2020, 12:50:57 PM
Looks like we created a monster.
Congrats again young lady.
Yes we did. Thanks for your help last year. It paid off again this year and many more to come. Thanks again Sam
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Quote from: zelmo1 on April 06, 2020, 01:50:18 PM
Congrats to you both. You cant get those memories on a video game. Awesome bro :funnyturkey:
Her and I were saying the same thing this morning as we watched and heard the woods come alive.
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Thanks everyone for your congrats. She was looking at my phone and reading the comments all afternoon. She's all smiles and that's all that matters. Thanks again guys and good luck this spring.
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Awesome great looking bird!
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Congrats to the young lady...one of probably many that fall to her gun!
Congrats also to dad for getting her interested. Like said above, the youth and especially women are the future of hunting.