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Abby's 1st turkey

Unread postby muddy » Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:27 am

We completed the Watters Kid Trifecta this morning at 8 steps. I'll get video up next week.

Abby is our oldest... She beats Olivia by 2 minutes at the most! Anyway, she is also the most timid and afraid to try anything new. She busted her collarbone little over a year ago and since then has complained of pain in it off and on. She had to quit gymnastics due to it and I really do believe that her shooting the 20 gauge does pop her more than her siblings. That being said once they tagged out peer pressure put her up to bat. We went by ourselves to practice and she shot one low brass 2 3/3" and then one high brass 2 3/4" #6 pheasant load. The pattern gave me confidence, but knew we'd want one close.

For 4 or 5 hunts I've been noticing a bird off the driveway about 300 yards. He would dart into the ditch as soon as you hit the gravel. Well, last night I drove down there and set the blind up at noon and staked it down with 6 stakes hoping for a Saturday morning murder. This morning we got in early and moved the blind a bit more and got set up. Around 0700 this guy came from BEHIND us, and I never heard him on roost. 

Anyway, he was super timid and when the land owner went down the drive he dove into the ditch, only to reappear closer to us 15 minutes later. He got closer and closer but never commited to the deeks. I moved Abby around a bit and she got on him a bit bit never got a shot off. Eventually he got back behind us at maybe 10 yards. I got real mad and said screw it, we closed one side of the blind and she stuck the gun out the little window. She propped up on my knee and I held the gun steady and got her on the bird. Shooting off her knees out the back she SMASHED him at 8 steps in full strut. No video of shot but plenty of B footage I'll upload next week.

He was a real good 1st bird. I imagine 24#, 10" beard, 1" hooks. 

Fun fact, the pic of us together I had already chunked him up. Legs, wings, fan, beard, and boobs were all cut off, but pic looks fairly decent! I'm just amazed all 3 kids got a bird this spring, very VERY blessed.

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Re: Abby's 1st turkey

Unread postby wolverinebuckman » Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:34 am

Great job Abby! :dance: Nice bird! Way to change things up to get that shot off. :clap:
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Unread postby Dewey » Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:11 pm

:clap: 8-)
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Unread postby Boogieman1 » Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:03 pm

Beautiful bird Abby! :clap:
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Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:48 pm

Congrats!
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Unread postby JoeRE » Tue May 01, 2018 2:23 pm

That is a great story Muddy - three great stories! Congrats to all of you. Can't wait to get my kids out there behind the gun in a couple years. Turkey hunting is where its at for breaking kids into big game I think.
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Unread postby Dewey » Tue May 01, 2018 2:31 pm

:clap: 8-)
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Unread postby muddy » Tue May 01, 2018 3:06 pm

JoeRE wrote:That is a great story Muddy - three great stories! Congrats to all of you. Can't wait to get my kids out there behind the gun in a couple years. Turkey hunting is where its at for breaking kids into big game I think.


Absolutely, especially with a blind. I understand now why my dad always said "maybe next year". If it weren't for those blinds, pounds of snacks, books, electronic devices, etc it wouldn't have happened.

Also those kids learning to use turkey calls about made me deaf.
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Re: Abby's 1st turkey

Unread postby Stanley » Wed May 02, 2018 4:07 am

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Unread postby oldrank » Wed May 02, 2018 5:20 am

Nice bird !!!!
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Unread postby Dave.Bechtel » Thu May 03, 2018 3:40 am

Congrats on the great bird!
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