Grandson's First Eastern Fast and Furious

[Mike Honcho]

My 16 year old grandson Kolbi is a very good turkey hunter (took his first tom with me when he was 9).  He lives in a region with Rio Grande turkey and has not been able to come up and hunt Easterns with me due to school etc.
Well schools out and he spent a day with me recently but we only had time to hunt one afternoon.  On of the properties we hunt we spotted a nice tom fanned out and strutting on the east edge of a field along a creek. We were probably 400 yards away across a field on a hill scouting.  In the binocs he looked huge. I told Kolbi there was a chance he could backtrack and he'd have to walk over a half mile thru trees along another creek but I thought he could get to where I thought that tom would end up...southeast corner of the field where he would likely enter to roost for the evening.  Kolbi took my 935 equipped with Star Dot and 3 1/2" Longbeards and I handed him my Cody 6.5 One-sider box call and he headed out quickly knowing he had to get to that corner ahead of the tom.  The tom was slowly working his way that direction pausing to strut every few yards.   I headed back to the truck and drove to the other side of the section to another property we hunt.  I was scouting there about 15 minutes later when I head a single shot ring out...followed by a cell phone call...come get me grandpa...big tom down!  Kolbi had a long walk back to meet me, almost a half mile and it was hot, about 86 degrees and humid.  When I met up with him he was covered with sweat but had a big grin on his face....his first Eastern bird down.  He had gotten to the corner of the field where two creeks meet and stayed about 50 yds inside the trees, made a couple of soft yelps and sure enough he saw a red head coming to him at 40 yds. He got the 935 up and closed the deal at 25 yds.  The tom was a nice one, 11" beard, 1" spurs and I estimate about 21lbs.  We didn't have time to weigh him since it was hot and we need to dress him out quickly. Had a nice fan, measured 31" across.

[captin_hook]

That's a great story. Congrats to your grandson!

[Gooserbat]

Well Done, Always Good to see the next generation out hunting.

[trackerbucky]

Congrats!  I'm sure you're justifiably proud.

[eddie234]

Very nice. Congrats to both of you.

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[letinmfly]

Congrats!!

[DirtNap647]

Congrats

[tomstopper]

Awesome. Congrats to your grandson.....

[turkeyfeathers]

Awesome!!   

[cuppednlocked]

That's awesome!

[Rokhal07]

Awesome!  Congrats to both of you

[Snoodsniper]

Sounds like you have one heck of turkey hunter there!

[Marc]

Great story and pics...

Must be a good kid...  I know if I were back east during turkey season (with a place to hunt), the rest of the relatives would be left to the wayside...

[WiLL B]

Congrats to him!!

[owlhoot]

nice one