Had a challenging but great hunt this past weekend with my 15 yr old daughter who was fortunate to draw a highly sought after tag in this area. She's still recovering from pretty major back surgery and she really fought through a lot to get to and finally make the shot she did on this old black winged osceola gobbler.
I'm so, so proud of her and going to miss the youth hunts as she ages out of this stage of life. My most memorable hunts by far have been watching her older brother and herself over the years. This one certainly did not disappoint and is going to be heavy on memories for the rest of our lives. I'll never forget the look on her face after she finally made an extremely hard shot twisting her body around to put a tag on a gobbler that was on trajectory to strut his way out of our lives forever. But it was like she had done it thousands of times as she made her move slowly but steady and deliberately testing the new rods in her back, centering the dot on his neck and squeezing the trigger with precision before he could figure out what was happening.
Love this girl, love this time with her and the passion we get to share.
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Congratulations! Looks like we have another ambassador of our game.
:Congrats! :turkey2:
Rock on
Sounds like a great "finale"!!!
Congrats, Sounds like a great hunt.
Congratulations to you both! That's good stuff right there.
That's fantastic, I had 2 back surgeries in the past 3 years so I know the feeling. :OGturkeyhead:
Fantastic. I have a young daughter of my own, and look forward to these days. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats to the young huntress! And thanks dad for sharing.
THAT IS AWSOME!!! I just had knee surgery, that is not easy, an added obstacle, brave to pull that trigger. Great pictures, and congratulations to you both!
Awesome stuff! Congratulations to the both of you.
Congratulations to you both! Give us some stats on her bird. Great photos of the bird and you all.
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Both of you are greatly blessed.
Congratulations to your daughter and you! Wonderful memories and great bird!
Congrats thats awesome.
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Awesome job!! Congratulations!
Congrats to both of you great memories there
Quote from: snoman4 on March 01, 2023, 05:09:16 PM
Congratulations to you both! Give us some stats on her bird. Great photos of the bird and you all.
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He was a pretty heavy bird for down there at 18# and had a just shy of 10" beard and nice sharp 1 1/8" spurs.
Nothing like taking the kids!
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Quote from: snoman4 on March 01, 2023, 05:09:16 PM
Congratulations to you both! Give us some stats on her bird. Great photos of the bird and you all.
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He was a pretty heavy bird for down there at 18# and had a just shy of 10" beard and nice sharp 1 1/8" spurs.
Sounds like a nice 3 year old bird.
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Congratulations to her on a fine gobbler
Congratulations to you both and thanks for sharing! That's awesome!!!
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Nice, congrats
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Congratulations
Great job young lady! Congratulations to you both.
Memories a lifetime for sure.
Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! Congratulations
Those smiles say it all, congrats!!!
Congrats, great pics thanks for sharing, Awesome!
Good deal congratulations!!!!
Congrats and nice bird for S FL!!
Congratulations to the young lady!! That's a dandy gobbler anywhere.