My 9 year old just nailed a STUD bird!

goofyelk · May 3, 2013

Well, this is his 2nd Utah turkey.
This ones a really good one, HUGE body! 1 1/8" spurs, 8" beard.

It took us a week to seal the deal, It was SO MUCH FUN!
The kid was so pumped up/excited for this !...He's hooked!

alpinebowman · May 3, 2013

Man goofy that is a beautiful bird. Congrats to that little gobbler getter.
alpinebowman

>>>---shots that are true pass right through--->

NMPaul · May 3, 2013

That is a big old blue head.

rmanwill · May 3, 2013

Congrats to your son and yourself. Awesome bird. Way to get it done.Looks like you will have a hunting buddy for life!!!!

Thanks for sharing and good luck to him and yourself through the rest of this yeas hunts.

Zeke · May 3, 2013

STUD bird is right!
Congrats to the young sportsman.... and his old man!
Well done guys,
Zeke

TOPGUN · May 3, 2013

LAST EDITED ON May-03-13 AT 10:31AM (MST)[p]Fantastic to see these kids involved and getting hooked. We had 26 kids at our weekend activities that my NWTF Chapter puts on every Spring at Fort Custer near Battle Creek. 8 got their first bird ever. The kid I took out last year came back and got another 2 bearded longbeard just like he did last year when he was with me. What are the chances of that?!!! One little red haired kid that wasn't even close to as tall as his shotgun went out on his first hunt ever for anything and got a monster bird Saturday morning with a 10 1/2 inch beard. I've never seen a smile so big on anybody!!!

nfh · May 3, 2013

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

theox · May 3, 2013

Very AWESOME! Beautiful bird! looks like a bow and a shotgun behind him what did he use?

Also just out of curiosity whats the age limit on turkey hunting? I didnt realize 9 year olds could get a tag that is cool!

goofyelk · May 3, 2013

Well, here's the rest of the story,
Had two shots with his bow last Fryday, 2nd arrow TOOK FEATHERS off...

Today, sailed another arrow over his back at 30 yards.
The bird was about to go out of range up the hill so my boy
grabbed the shotgun and rolled it at 38 yards.....

I'm letting him have a full mount, you can see thr chest feathers
perfectly grazed off were the arrow went through him strutting
last week.....Heck, it will be a hell of a story when he's 50..Wink ;-)

CAelknuts · May 3, 2013

Congratulations, that's a nice bird and an awesome experience for your son. Enjoy every day hunting with your kids, they'll grow up faster than you realize.

mntman · May 3, 2013

Impressive and a great picture!
Mntman

"Hunting is where you prove yourself"

Let me guess, you drive a 1 ton with oak trees for smoke stacks, 12" lift kit and 40" tires to pull a single place lawn mower trailer?

hunts2much · May 3, 2013

Congrats on a big tom.I like how u disblade the turkey for the picture.

BSD · May 3, 2013

Great bird and picture

PleaseDear · May 3, 2013

Great for the kid goofy!

congrats

Robb

hossblur · May 4, 2013

Goofy,

I have a seven year old who is non stop bugging me about when he gets to shoot. Its been a while(28yrs) since i did hunters safety, how did yours do with the written part of the test? I was thinking next summer we would go take hunters safety. He can easily pass the shooting test, but the written I wonder about just do to his age. How did you feel about this?

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"

eldorado · May 4, 2013

Awesome. Congrats to the young man.

Eldorado

goofyelk · May 4, 2013

LAST EDITED ON May-04-13 AT 12:10PM (MST)[p]Hoss, That boy took/did huters safety at 8. I actulaly used the
hunters safety hand book to teach him to read BETTER!

That was part of the deal, learn to read, get hunters safety
done, and be able to hunt ....

That said, the hunters safty test is a BIT TRICKY ...
while my boy knew the correct ansewers, some of the wording
on the test queastons are hard to understand for a young person.

We did the safty course with the guys at Sportsmans in Provo,
GREAT to work with young kids...They let me help my boy read,
and understand the queaston corcectly with my boy, and let him
pick the answers......WORKED GREAT!

Hope this helps Hoss...

Silentstalker · May 4, 2013

Great bird! Congrats on a story to be remembered!

Roy · May 4, 2013

Awesome!

Could you post this in the Youth Outdoors Forum too?

Thanks!

HOOK 'EM!
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