dogdoc Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Mollyann, my oldest, killed her first turkey today. She hunted so hard during deer rifle season but we never got a shot off so she was excited to go turkey hunting for the first time. She had a track meet all day yesterday and was tired so I let her sleep in. She woke up this morning mad at me that I didn't wake her up early. So we decked out in camo and loaded all the turkey gear and headed to the farm. She loves her Uncle who is an Army Ranger and insists on wearing his camo from when he was a cadet at West Point to honor him. We were hunting my parents 120 acres as dad had seen some turkeys over the last week. Park by the gate and put on masks and gloves--grab the gun and decoy and go off. We walk about 100 yards and do some yelps with the box call and nothing. We continue this to the back of property stopping every 100 yards or so by something we can hide by in case there is a turkey close by. Finally get to the back corner of the property and I give a few loud yelp series and sure enough we here a gobble about 100 yards away. I quickly get her situated and run about 20 yards in front of us and stake out the hen decoy. All this probably only took about a minute but I knew the turkey was close. After I get situated I do another yelp series with the box call (Primos Heart Breaker) and he fires off again probably only 50 yards away on the neighbors property. Within 30 seconds he appears through the trees right at the fence line. She is ready to shoot but knows the turkey has to get on our property in order to shoot. Bird starts walking the fence heading south and I am afraid it might leave. I give some soft clucks and a few soft yelps and he comes under the fence about 50 yards away--then he sees the decoy. I tell her to click the safety off and He slowly comes within 25 yards and I give a soft cluck and he sticks his head straight up--before I could get the word "take" the shotgun goes off and the Winchester LongBeard XL #5 drop the turkey in it's tracks. I jump up and start screaming "yes, yes, yes" and my daughter runs over to me and jumps in my arms with a big hug. I had never let her shoot the turkey loads--only some bird shot loads--as I was afraid if she knew how hard the turkey loads kick she would flinch the shot. She said she didn't even notice the kick but within 10 minutes her shoulder was starting to get a little sore. However, she said a sore shoulder is well worth it!!!! Mollyann and her first turkey!! One proud daddy todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Congrats MollyAnn!..good job Todd! Great First Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Way to go MollyAnn. Congrats to you to dad. Great story and long lasting father daughter memories. A day you both won't forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great to see happy kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Great story Todd. Very nice bird, congratulations to Molly Ann and you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Nicely done! congrats to you both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Congratulations to Mollyann and you too Todd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Congrats to you and Molly Ann! Enjoyed the story! Hope she has many more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 awesome! good to hear see's so enthusiastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Simply AWESOME!!! Congratulations!! I'm hoping to get my daughters first bird in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Congrats to both of you! Definitely a moment yall will remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 That's what its all about congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Congratulations on a great first bird. May you have many more successful hunts. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruts Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Very nice, Congratulations to Mollyann! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Awesome story!!! Congrats to your daughter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Good stuff !!! CONGRATS !!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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