posted by Jim on May 27

One of  the greatest joys I have  is taking my daughter, Moriah, to the woods. Moriah has evolved into quite the little huntress and
I again got to spend another memorable afternoon in the Double Bull blind with her. We were working 2 toms that were gobbling at everything we threw at them for over an hour.
Finally they made a move and came into the clover field that we were set up on and went straight to the decoy. With both birds at 25 yards and me waiting to hear the report of the Benelli,
Moriah asks,” which one is bigger?” Mind you that both of these Toms are trophy birds. I tell her the one with his head up and she fires…and misses. Both birds jump up and fly about 80 yards away, land,  and go into full strut. Here is where the story gets good. When we headed out that afternoon I loaded up the My Benelli SBE2 with a 2 3/4 inch in the chamber and then 2   3 1/2 inch heavy shot in the magazine, when she missed the first bird a 3 1/2 was now loaded. Well we were waiting for the birds to calm down and try to call them back in and out walks the most majestic looking bird I have ever seen, a smokey grey tom turkey and he was now at 20 yards. Moriah put the bead on his head not knowing that she was about to get knocked on her can!!  At the sound of the shot I swear her feet hit the top of the blind. It didn’t matter to Moriah, her bird was down. An unusual bird it was, odd colored  8 inch beard and no spurs. It only weighed 16 pounds.  We are going to do a full mount  to preserve the memorable afternoon afield spent between father and daughter.

posted by Jim on May 6

Kim doesn’t have to prove herself anymore.  She has her game face on every time she enters a new season.  This wasn’t just another day.  It was a day she has been looking forward to,  for a long time.  Putting in countless hours at work,  just waiting for a free day to hunt with her best guide, Jed Speiser.  They spend a lot of time together joking around, but when it comes to spending time in the woods, Kim becomes very serious.  Since Jed introduced her to the sport, she has become a bit crazy about hunting.  As the pictures show, she has done it again.  According to Jed, the rain was coming down and  there wasn’t much action all morning,  but they stuck to it.  By mid day, during a break in the weather, one gobble erupted and the game was on.  Jed called the bird to 8 yards and Kim did the rest with her 20 gauge.  Congratulations.  I hope many women out there read this and are motivated to try the sport of hunting.  Good luck to all of you men out there.  I know its tough to swallow when the little lady shows you up!   By the way, if you cant tell by the picture…..  23 1/2 lbs…………10 3/8 beard……..1 3/8 sharp spurs..great bird!