05/17/2026
Friday morning was one for the memory bank. My 72 yr old dad had never shot a turkey so my good friend Matt Neil and I spent 3 days trying to get him one. He was like a little kid in the blind and the whole experience was a blast. Friday morning we had 3 stutters at 20 yards with the hens yelping up a storm. It was what every turkey hunter dreams of. Hens making all the right noises, gobblers strutting spitting, drumming and gobbling like crazy. Finally after some time we got the three to separate enough he could get a shot. The emotions of his first bird reminded me of why I love doing this as well has reminding me of all my first hunts with him.