10 year olds first Turkey

  • willy_d
    Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Posts: 97
    April 16, 2012 at 1:13 am #211496

    My son drew a 3rd season tag(April 25 to May 1)in WI, but because of school break we went down for last weekends youth hunt and he was successful.We had good action on Saturday but nothing in range to shoot other than a big hen.Sunday morning was a repeat of Saturday but Sunday evening he was able to seal the deal with about a 25 yard shot.Talk about an excited 10 year old from Saskatchewan. His turkey weighed 26lbs,had a 9 inch beard and spurs were just under an 1″.I think this was an older bird becuase the spurs were rounded down.My buddy and his wife were both successful on the opening day of the first season with her taking a bird that was 26lbs,9 inch beard ,ans 1″ spurs,and he shot his bird about an hour and half later.It was only 22lbs but had a 11 1/2″ beard and spurs were just over 1 1/4″. All in all we had a great time and my son Hunter is talking about trying to take a turkey next year with the new Mission Craze I bought him



    bob_bergeson
    cannon falls
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    April 16, 2012 at 1:28 am #119916

    Congrats and welcome to IDO

    Jon Stevens
    Northfield, Wi
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    April 16, 2012 at 2:26 am #119918

    Very nice! Welcome to IDO!

    kevin_sahly
    maple grove,mn
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    April 16, 2012 at 2:41 am #119920

    congrats to all of you! sounds like a great time

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
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    April 16, 2012 at 2:43 am #119921

    Love to see those kids scoring early in their hunting careers. Congrats!

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
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    April 16, 2012 at 2:41 pm #119925

    WillyD:

    Welcome and that is a very fine turkey for your 10 YO!!!

    Mark

    kooty
    Keymaster
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    April 16, 2012 at 3:47 pm #119927

    Great stuff Willy!! Congrats to your son on his first.

    You coming back for any other seasons?

    marsh_monster
    Metro
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    April 16, 2012 at 6:43 pm #119937

    Wow those are some beautiful birds! Sounds like an awsome time!!

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
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    April 17, 2012 at 2:19 am #119950

    Congrats to all and welcome to IDO!

    willy_d
    Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Posts: 97
    April 17, 2012 at 3:16 am #119954

    Quote:

    Great stuff Willy!! Congrats to your son on his first.

    You coming back for any other seasons?

    No Kooty that will probably be it for this year have to wait and see how I make out in draws here,although he can hunt deer in WI,but in Saskatchewan he has to wait till he is 12.He loves to hunt he has been going with me since he was three.He has watched me arrow a couple Elk but last year was his favorite we called in a 40″ Bull Moose to 23 yards he came in grunting the whole way,got a complete pass through,got the bull stop within 25 yards of were I shot him and he fell right in front of us.I had never seen a smile on his face that big(until his turkey last weekend).

    kooty
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    April 17, 2012 at 12:44 pm #119955

    Well, I have a hard time believing your stories without pics.

    I gotta imagine a pass thru on a bull moose is rare. I’m jealous!

    willy_d
    Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Posts: 97
    April 17, 2012 at 1:02 pm #119957

    Quote:

    Well, I have a hard time believing your stories without pics.

    I gotta imagine a pass thru on a bull moose is rare. I’m jealous!

    Picture setup was not the greatest but he was wedged between trees and it was pretty hard for the 2 of us to move an 1100lbs animal around.

    kooty
    Keymaster
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    April 17, 2012 at 1:08 pm #119958

    Love it, I’m still mad at the moose for eluding me in 07. Someday I’ll head to Canada to seek my revenge.

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    April 19, 2012 at 5:49 pm #120027

    That bird is as big as Hunter! Congrats to all of you, sounds like you really had a great hunt.

    Thanks for sharing!

    Joel

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