In February of 2018 my son was born and the first thing I thought was "yes, I finally have my future turkey hunting partner". Well fast forward and he turned 5 this past February. I have had my .410 setup for the past few years and hunted with it every now and then. The past few weeks have been spent getting him use to the gun and proper sighting with the red dot. After shooting the gun and him not having a problem with getting the sight on target, a plan was made on a group of gobblers I have been watching for a month now.
We brushed in a ground blind and had everything ready for Sunday morning. As we got into the blind I placed a jake and hen decoy out front about 23 yards. Of course the forecast had strong winds so there was no roost gobbling but these birds were consistent and I had got a couple pictures of his hens the evening before just before fly up time, so I knew the longbeards wouldn't be far. Once it was light enough for birds to be on the ground I gave out a few yelps. Not 5 minutes after a second series of yelps I spotted a turkey in the teeeline across from us, his glowing white head I knew a longbeard was on the way. I told my son he's coming and he had just stepped into the field. Once in the field he immediately saw the decoys and went into full strut. For the next what seemed like 10 minutes, but realistically 2 minutes we watched him strut across the corner of the field and right to the jake decoy. Once at the decoy, my son was locked down on the gun and the hammer was back. The longbeard then began his beat down of the decoy and climbed on top of it, once he finally picked his head up I told him to go ahead and shoot if the red dot was on him. At the crack of the .410 the bird front flipped off the decoy and never flopped. The amount of emotion and excitement that came after that was something that will never be topped.
20lbs, 9 inch beard, 3/4 inch spurs
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Congrats to your son on his first Turkey!! Great story with great pictures Dad! Thanks for sharing.
Congratulations
Priceless. Nice job team!
Absolutely love this. Congratulations to you both
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Awesome for the both of you! I have 3 boys and not a one of them has any interest in hunting so consider me jealous.
Congratulations to you both. Great memories I'm sure. Thank you for sharing the story and photos.
Look at that smile!. Outstanding.......
Congrats to the young man :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Congratulations to everyone involved!
Congratulations to the young man!!! Awesome first turkey.
Fantastic work guys!
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Congratulations!
That's awesome!! Memories for a lifetime for the both of you!
Congrats to him on a god bird and to you both for the memories of a life time.