Took my daughter out for opening day of turkey season this morning. She's been practicing with her calls for quite a while now.She called a hen right up to within 2'the blind.Then brought 2 jakes in (she was whispering,Shoot,SHOOT!! to me,LOL!) I told her that there were some nice gobblers around and let's pass on them.About an hour later we heard a gobble way off,we both started calling and brought 3 nice toms in,they hung up about 80 yards out in the field.Every time I yelped and cut they would gobble but not move."Beans"(my daughter) started to cluck and purr and they slipped right into the decoys and we had 2 more toms come in from the side of us.
A nice Tom strutted around behind our jake decoy and his head was glowing in the sun(nice target!)I shot and a 160 Snuffer through the noggin put him right down.He flopped to within 4 or 5 yards off the blind and all the other Toms jumped on him.Would have been a slam dunk for another shot,but I wanted to save my other tags so I can go out with Beans as many times as we can this season.We both had a blast and this was easily my best hunting day ever! So proud of her not only for calling them in,but for staying in the cold.It was about 39 degrees when we left this morning and the wind was blowing right into the blind window at about 15mph this morning. I was cold never mind her! I asked her at about 8am if she wanted to leave because I could see she was cold and I got "NO WAY!!!" Sorry to ramble on so long,but I'm 1 happy dad right now!
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nice. what part of ct are you in? i don't think im going to be able to get out for turkey this year. no hunting after noon or on sundays... and i got soccer games to coach every saturday morning... may have to play hookey from work a day or two.
Used my Pete George "BamYew" bow, 66" 64# at my draw,Tapered cedar arrow with a 160 Snuffer.
The call was built by a friend of mine.
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Echatham, I'm from Seymour. My older daughter was into sports big time,this one has no interest. Only wants to hunt and fish
Congrats! Its very cool that you got to harvest your turkey with your daughter.
Thanks Jesus, She's mad she has to wait until she's 12 to try for her own! Well,I gotta run.I played hookey from work and she did from school,so instead of wasting the rest of the day we're taking a trip to the zoo.
Good thing you had her along, might not have happened without her calling skills...
I love that answer on the leaving early question. You're going to have a lot of fun with her around.
Nice going, Dad.
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Awesome
Great stuff!!!
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WAY TO GO! And to share the journey with your daughter - most-excellent!
Enjoy the feast!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Great story! Sounds like you're going to have a hunting partner! :thumbsup:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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That's good stuff! Way to go!
You have a great kid there. Enjoy every minute you can with her.
Good stuff!!!congrats,RC.
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Good stuff!!!congrats,RC.
Couldn't have said it any better.
Thanks for sharing.
God bless,Mudd
Very cool story! Congrats to both of you!
Congrats on the bird, and more so on the expert caller you have. Enjoy your times together!!
Awesome congrats.
way to go DAD...love it!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
that's awesome way to get her in the woods early. congrats on a nice bird
Thanks guys. I've taken kids(my nephew and friend's sons) on our state's youth day turkey hunts for the past few years. They all got nice birds with shotguns.It was just a great feeling to have my daughter along.I can't wait until she's old enough to try for her own Tom.
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Great Story! :thumbsup:
Great stuff Nick, My stepdaughter just announced to me today that she wants to go hunting with me. She will have to wait and take her hunter safety courses before she can go. I'm really looking forward to taking her hunting. Congrats to you and your Turkey calling daughter. Way cool, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapper:
That is awesome, I remember my middle daughters first time turkey hunting at about 5 years old. When a big old gobbler let loose 40 yards from us, the look in her eyes was priceless!! Way to go the two of you!! Shawn
Hey David that's great. I'm waiting for a picture of "Blackwood" next to a nice gobbler. :thumbsup:
Now thats an awesome story there.Congrats to you both.
Thanks. Hey Shawn,that's my favorite part about taking the kids on the youth day hunts. The closer the bird gets the more the kids shake and the heavy breathing starts,lol!
What a cool Hunt. Certainly one that will not be forgotten.
Congrats to a great hunting Duo!
Congrats to you both!
AWESOME.... :thumbsup:
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Very cool I can't wait. My daughter loves being outside and is only 2 years old. My son is 5 months. Hopefully two up incoming hunters.
Great job sir!
Congrats those are times to always remember.
Congrats :thumbsup:
Very cool. Congrats and good shooting. She will always remember that hunt.
Sweet !!!
Nice bird! Sounds like a great time!