The Good Ol’ Days

[CPAjeff]

What an incredible day hunting turkeys today with my favorite hunting buddy!

Utah allows hunters to start hunting small game and birds as soon as they have completed hunters education - there is no age requirement. As such, I surprised my seven year old with a semi-auto 20 gauge and three turkey tags as a graduation present. We set out this morning, the birds cooperated perfectly and his aim was dead on!

The good ol’ days are right now!!

 

[JT88]

That's a happy hunter right there

 

[Nick87]

Doesnt get any better! I see you went with the franchi

 

[Hunting Wife]

Wow. Nicely done!

 

[Mica Man]

Very cool! Hunting with your kids is the best!

 

[Jc2020]

Congrats that’s awesome

 

[Salmonchaser]

That is the best right there

 

[MarvB]

Fantastic! That memory will never fade

 

[Buffs35]

Wonderful job.

 

[rwc101]

Awesome. Didn't know there were turkey seasons this early.

 

[Elmacho]

Yes, These ARE the best days of your lives!!!

 

[F250]

Happy youngster !! Jealous of turkey seasons opening this early !!

 

[CPAjeff]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

In regards to the season, Utah has a fall general season for some select regions of the state that runs from October 1 - February 28. Each hunter is allowed three tags and the tags are good for either sex. Here’s the hero shot of him with our six birds:

 

[CPAjeff]

Doesnt get any better! I see you went with the franchi

Yes sir, it is such a sweet little gun. I was able to pick up the last compact version the local Sportsmans Warehouse had it stock!

 

[JShane]

Sweet mother of pearl. Id have paid money to see the carnage of the "As they lay" shot. Well done young man. Dad that deserves a glass of bourbon for you my good man.

 

[WyoDoug]

This is so cool. I get a big blast out of watching my fellow hunters succeed. I am especially fond though of kids being successful. Go for the opportunity while you can and get him into hunting early.

 

[RobertD]

He is a stone cold killer. Those birds never saw it coming!

 

[Kaisermn]

Thats awesome! He'll never forget that day!

 

[OntarioHunter]

Guessing it was an online hunter ed course? I'm mentoring my 7 year-old grandson in his online second grade schooling. There's no way he could read or understand our hunters ed manual even though it's been dumbed down to a ridiculous level.

Turkey is still on my bucket list. Nice looking birds.

 

[CPAjeff]

Guessing it was an online hunter ed course? I'm mentoring my 7 year-old grandson in his online second grade schooling. There's no way he could read or understand our hunters ed manual even though it's been dumbed down to a ridiculous level.

Turkey is still on my bucket list. Nice looking birds.

It was a three part hunters education program:

1) Online learning curriculum
2) “Field Day” held over Zoom
3) MC Examination

My son definitely gets his smarts from his mom! Poor kid gets more homework from his sweet mom than he does from his teachers at school.