My oldest boy Landon, who is 8 years old, was in on his first successful Run-N-Gun hunt this weekend. We hunted till 1:00 Saturday and worked two birds but couldn't get either sealed up. Went to Easter Mass Saturday night and Landon barely stayed awake through it he was so tired.
Sunday started out very slow with birds hammering on the roost and shutting completely up. We located this bird at about 9:45 and he gobbled one time. We pulled back and put up a single hen decoy. So sooner than I got back to our tree, I looked up and he was standing there 175 yards away. We made one series of purrs and yelps and he strutted the whole way in. Landon shot him at 27 yards with a load of #7 HW and the bird did a back flip.
Bird is 26lbs, 11 3/4 beard, 1 5/16 spurs
Awesome. Congrats to both of you. That's a good bird. :you_rock:
Welcome to the club
Chilly, Congrats! Thats a heck of a bird
Saw the picture on Jimmys page, is that the slate or ceramic version of the red hen?
Landon you did an awesome job. Congrats on a fine bird. Dad you did an awesome job too.
A winning team! :z-winnersmiley:
Awesome job guys, That's a monster bird for any age, he is hooked now I bet
That's a great bird, congrats!
Congrats can't wait till my boys old enough ;)
Quote from: Chilly on April 06, 2015, 08:03:33 AM
My oldest boy Landon, who is 8 years old, was in on his first successful Run-N-Gun hunt this weekend. We hunted till 1:00 Saturday and worked two birds but couldn't get either sealed up. Went to Easter Mass Saturday night and Landon barely stayed awake through it he was so tired.
Sunday started out very slow with birds hammering on the roost and shutting completely up. We located this bird at about 9:45 and he gobbled one time. We pulled back and put up a single hen decoy. So sooner than I got back to our tree, I looked up and he was standing there 175 yards away. We made one series of purrs and yelps and he strutted the whole way in. Landon shot him at 27 yards with a load of #7 HW and the bird did a back flip.
Bird is 26lbs, 11 3/4 beard, 1 5/16 spurs
That was a awesome bird, congrats
Congrats!
Thanks for all of the fine comments. To say we were both proud, would be an understatement!
That's awesome!!!!! Hope there for is many more to come for that little dude!!
Great job Landon. Going to be hard to beat that turkey.
Great bird! Congrats!