I had a friend come in from out of town to hunt the last three days since I already tagged my buck. Well we were out this morning and saw plenty of deer and a couple bucks but nothing close enough so come late morning we decided to take a break from the treestand and go turkey hunting. I knew where some gobblers had been hanging out so we headed off. My friend Kurt had never taken a turkey before so I handed him my Mossberg and I took my bow and we set up. It was shortly after noon when I got a response and they were coming. I mentioned to Kurt that if I tried to draw and they became alert to go ahead and shoot. I was trying to take a turkey with my bow but wanted him to take his first bird. They came in mighty spooky but ASAT camo kept us hidden, so I simply layed the bow down and concentrated on the calling. As soon as it began we had a dozen gobblers coming to the River Valley slate call and in shotgun range at 25 yards Kurt pounded a mature gobbler. This is his first and one I am might proud to have called in, sat and witnessed....it was a fantastic day.

We did the photo session and headed back to the treestand. The evening hunt proved successful, saw a couple small bucks, a couple does but nothing to shoot so we'll be in the tree again tomorrow. Thought ya'll would like to take a look at one might happy hunter.

Way to go Rob,Congrats to you both.

Awesome Rob!!Good stuff for sure!!

Neat pic Rob!! Congrats to you and your buddy on a dandy Fall gobbler.

jalvja, thanks friend. He was smilin ear to ear and beaming well into the night...as was I....it was a great harvest.

Bobgobble2, Yup, good stuff for sure...

Maytom, Pictures are worth their weight in gold for memories. He said he'd probably blow one up for the wall....one can take a whole roll to get the one good one. We had several great shots of this one. Come visit the bowhunting forum and check out the 3.5 yr old freak deer I shot..LOL

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS ON " A FRIENDS FIRST TURKEY " BY THE WAY I'M THE PERSON WITH THE BIG GRIN ON HIS FACE IN THE PICTURE..I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO ROB FOR PUTTING THIS TOM INFRONT OF ME..THANKS BUDDY!!!IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIANCE TO TAKE HOME THIS BIRD TO SHOW MY 8YR OLD SON AND OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY...THIS IS WHAT MEMORIES ARE MADE OF...

Congrats Q2 and welcome to the flock.Now that you're addicted remember,You can always blame Rob

jalvja, that is one blame I'll be proud to admit to. Q2INWHITETAILS, it was my pleasure my friend. It was indeed a great bird from a great hunt.