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Title: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: EKyhookr on April 02, 2017, 11:59:19 AM
4 birds just over the ridge gobbling good before daylight, just a couple tree yelps good response. Watch them fly down onto the same ridge we were on. Hit em with a fly down cackle, nothing. Couple minutes later my little man says "I see a daddy turkey" he came in silent full strut to 35 yards my boy said he couldn't shoot him it was too far. Hit him with the soft stuff he gobbles and struts for 30 minutes behind a dead fall. Get aggressive with him with fighting purrs and cutting then went silent. He closed the rest of the way. So proud of my boy, he's hooked for life now.

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Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: kyturkeyhunter4 on April 02, 2017, 12:24:36 PM
Congratulations on your first turkey!
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Post by: Dukejb on April 02, 2017, 12:31:19 PM
Very cool! Congratulations!
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: renegade19 on April 02, 2017, 01:24:01 PM
 :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: EKyhookr on April 02, 2017, 01:32:38 PM
Thanks for all the advice everyone gave me on taking a youth. I went with a leafy blind the layout is similar to a ghost blind. Worked out perfect, concealed all his taking gloves on and off, pointing at the turkey as he statues 40 yards away and all the itching of his pant legs. Probably could have ended the hunt a lot quicker, I was having to make way more turkey sounds than I wanted with the bird being so close to cover up his coughing. Which I think he was doing on purpose just because I told him not to.
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: coyote1 on April 02, 2017, 02:13:37 PM
Congrats!

That's funny. Sounds like most kids, do the opposite of what you tell them lol.
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: wdog on April 02, 2017, 02:30:07 PM
How old is your boy?that's a proud dad congrats
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: CMBOSTC on April 02, 2017, 02:35:47 PM
Yeah, that's awesome! Good going Dad!
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: mgm1955 on April 02, 2017, 03:02:37 PM
That's what it's all about. Congrats!!
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Post by: wvmntnhick on April 02, 2017, 03:52:00 PM
Congrats. With any luck, I'll have a similar picture with my nephew in a couple weeks.
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Post by: rockymtngobblers on April 02, 2017, 04:01:43 PM
Very cool congrats !
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Lucky_Strutter on April 02, 2017, 06:23:54 PM
Awesome, good job and congrats to you both!
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Kylongspur88 on April 02, 2017, 06:57:37 PM
 :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: suburbhunter on April 02, 2017, 07:58:05 PM
 :jackson: FAN-TASTIC!!!  :jackson:
:z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: tomstopper on April 02, 2017, 09:48:42 PM
Very nice. Congrats to that young man
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 02, 2017, 10:07:19 PM
Welcome to the club young man.
Title: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: boomer on April 02, 2017, 11:01:13 PM
Congrats!

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Post by: putt on April 02, 2017, 11:25:23 PM
Sweet!
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: LI Outdoorsman on April 03, 2017, 12:40:27 AM
Thats not a daddy turkey thats a GRAND Daddy turkey!..Congrats
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: tha bugman on April 03, 2017, 08:59:14 AM
 :happy0064:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Strutr on April 03, 2017, 10:24:43 PM
Congrats to your boy on his first gobbler and a very nice one at that.  Pretty cool that he made the decision to wait for a closer shot.  Hat's off to you for teaching him right.  :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: chatterbox on April 05, 2017, 01:30:24 PM
Excellent work by all!
Love those smiles!
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Ross R on April 05, 2017, 01:49:52 PM
awesome. I hope to do the same with mine.
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Post by: Bowguy on April 05, 2017, 01:50:12 PM
Congrats!
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Post by: taylorjones20 on April 05, 2017, 01:57:52 PM
Very cool. Congrats to both of you!
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Post by: daddyduke on April 05, 2017, 02:43:21 PM
Congrats!
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Post by: Phire Phite on April 05, 2017, 09:52:23 PM
Super awesome.  "He's too far to shoot."  You should be proud, well done sir. :thanks:

You've got a lot of great memories coming your way.
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Post by: Dr Juice on April 06, 2017, 09:46:17 AM
Great job little dude!  :z-guntootsmiley: :z-winnersmiley:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: EKyhookr on April 06, 2017, 09:53:21 AM
Thanks guys. He's already a great conservationist. On our way to our spot he said "daddy if a little turkey comes out even if it has a beard I don't want to shoot it, let's let it grow so we can hunt it next year. " I'm so proud of him, he already knows and abides by the game laws better than most grown men.
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: HFultzjr on April 06, 2017, 10:03:49 AM
Great job little guy (and big guy)!
That's a dandy 1st bird.
Blind and kids go together like kids and candy..........LOL
They can still get away with a few things.
Good choice on your set-up.
:fud:
Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: Wrangler95 on April 06, 2017, 10:29:18 AM
That is great,congrats!! :happy0064: :happy0064: :happy0064:
Title: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: ALfwlmth on April 08, 2017, 08:18:46 PM
Congrats on a fine hunt. Well done dad!!


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Title: Re: First hunt, First bird!!
Post by: turkeyhunter91 on April 09, 2017, 08:49:59 AM
congrats on a great bird, he is on the right track to being a great hunter.