Easter Gift

What a wet, rainy weekend for youth turkey season here in Indiana! Not the best conditions for turkey hunting, especially where Drake and I are hunting, mostly big woods. I would have loved to have had a field to hunt and just sit in the blind and wait the rain out, not the case. Saturday we heard some gobbling and set up on some birds that were heading to a field that we don't have permission to hunt, so they gobbled and headed to there strut area. Then it rained and we got lots of wet. Kent was on camera and had to leave around lunch time. Drake and I hunted all day. We had 1 tom come in around 4:30 but he snuck in from the left and spotted us, Drake just couldn't get turned in time to get off a good shot. Easter Sunday we got in the woods around 11:00 and around 1230 got an old tom to answer. We made a half circle on him to get on the ridge he was on and set up where the woods opened up. After a couple calls the old boy was in our lap. At 30 yards he spotted us and started to leave. As he was slipping away and I thought the game was up, Drake picked an opening and at 50 yards put a load of #4's in his head and neck! To say he was excited is a big understatement! After some celebration and hugs n hi fives we looked the bird over and found some of the biggest spurs I've ever seen. 42mm!!! that's 1 5/8 inch!! I thought I got the hunt on film but when I reviewed it it was blank, the head on the cam needed cleaned so I didn't get it. But it was a great hunt anyway. I am so proud of Drake. He made a tough shot on a bird that was getting the heck out of there. What an Easter gift from God! I'm very thankful.