Kurt got 'r done in Indiana!

Well, we FINALLY got to get out in the turkey woods! It seemed like it took forever for the season to get here! My oldest boy Kurt would be up first. He didn't get one last year because of baseball, but this year he had youth weekend off, and we were gonna hit it hard! We decided to go to a piece of property my Dad owns in Crawford county. Dave and I spent some time, (and money), putting in a clover food plot on this property. My thought was, because there was a chance for rain, we would hunt out of a blind in the morning next to the food plot, and just see what happened. Kurt was really tired and was nodding off quite a bit. We could hear some gobbling way off in the distance, but nothing close. I would call about every 20 minutes or so, but still nothing close. Suddenly, all the way across the food plot, a big strutter stepped out into the open. As soon as he saw my three decoys, he puffed up and put on a show. He never gobbled, just came in silent. He slowly made his way across the food plot, and at about 35 yards, Kurt filled his neck and head with a load of number 4's! I was able to get it all on film. Awesome footage. This one will look great on the video. I'm so proud of my boy. He's a great kid and I thank God for allowing us to spend this time together. I am certainly blessed!

Now later that afternoon, I took my youngest boy Austin. Dave was the cameraman and I was the guide. We sat for quite a while, and after one calling sequence we heard one gobble way off in the distance. Well, I threw every call I could think of at this bird. (I even made some sounds that some turkeys have probably never heard)! We could tell after a while that the tom was closing the distance. He was gobbling a lot and seemed pretty hot. He made his way next to our blind at 20 yards! He strutted right past us focused on the decoys in front of our blind. Austin took aim, and missed him completely at 25 yards! He tried another shot as it was running off and missed again! I couldn't believe it. Austin has taken many turkeys, but this was the easiest shot he has ever had. I think he caught a little of that turkey fever! He was upset, but I told him not to worry about it, there would be other days. We tried to review the footage, but it was so blurry, we couldn't really make out what happened. That's the BareBones crew, we got one guy that forgets to hit the red button, and another guy that forgets to focus the camera! Ha ha. Good thing Austin didn't kill that bird. Oh well, there will be other days.

Congrats to all the kids, it was a great weekend. Now it's the Daddy's turn!

Good luck to everyone. Remember to shoot straight, focus the camera, and hit the little red button!