Anyone take a youth out on this one day turkey hunt?

I worked with an outdoor writer by the name of Melody Zullinger to put out an essay contest for our outdoor youths to win a free hunt with River Valley Outfitters. Also included is a turkey call kit from River Valley Game Calls and a camo outfit provided by Chuck Pensyl of ASAT Camo.

On Saturday the 24th we had 3 youths in camp, their fathers, Melody Zullinger from the PA's Federation of Sportsmen Clubs, Chuck Pensyl of ASAT Camo, Ray Smith, Owner River Valley Game Calls and guide/owner for River Valley Outfitters, Doug Marquardt owner/guide for River Valley Outfitters, and myself, coowner/guide for River Valley Outfitters.

By days end, the 3 of us took our chosen youth and had 3 birds on the ground. We had a lot to celebrate during our needed lunch and pictures galore....

Chuck Pensyl accompanied me on the hunt with the youth and his father and we managed to get some very exciting footage of the whole hunt. We had birds going all morning but most of the gobblers we heard were hen'd up...I did call a hen in and fought her calls at 12 ft for several minutes before allowing her to walk off unspooked..ASAT is amazing.

At quarter to eleven, after a break at the truck of water and stick bologna I decided we should head to a patch of woods next to a field where gobblers have been known to strut late morning looking for hens....upon the first call a gobbler sounded off about a hundred yards away....several calls later from the Sweet Talker by River Valley and the magic of the MOJO by River Valley...we had the third bird of the day on the ground.

What an exciting hunt and I can't wait to view more of that exciting video...
I have many pictures in the Turkey Forum Under the same topic...with River Valley.