218buck Report post Posted April 25, 2015 My daughter Tessa was able to take her first turkey opening day of the Arizona spring season. She was not going to get to miss school for the opener if she did not have straight A's she needed to bring up her algebra grade up on Tuesday she informed us it was now an A . Perfect we left after school Thursday an were up at 4:30 on Friday to start the hunt. We set up on a bird at first light only to have him spook at 80 yards a couple more failed attempts were made before lunch. The afternoon was tough do to bad weather but we did locate some more birds. We set up our Avian X Merriam decoys started calling and this bird came in on a rope straight to the decoys Tessa shot him at 20 yards I was very proud of her she knew exactly what to do when he came in she has just turned 14 and has now collected 6 of her animals for the big 10 she drew an elk tag this year I can't wait to go with her I don't know who enjoys it more her or me I can't think of anything else that I would rather do . 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murfys69law Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Congrats Tessa. Always great when the young ones harvest their first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chico Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Congrats to the young lady. Best of luck on the elk tag, fun for sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Great job Tessa! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Little Creek Calls Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Nice looking bird. I am glad things worked out for you and your daughter. Congratulations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tucson John Report post Posted April 25, 2015 Woo Hoo! Tessa Rocks! good job dad! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
6ANut Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Congrats on a your daughters nice thunder chicken Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZJR Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Great bird, well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbow Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Great picture!! Congrats Tessa and dad ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TRKHNTR Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Nice Bird!! Congrats Tessa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwrguy Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Great job Tessa, congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randyolson Report post Posted April 26, 2015 Awesome!!!! Congratulations!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kidso Report post Posted April 26, 2015 I think the best part of this hunt happened before the hunt.....straight A's!!! As a teacher, I applaud parents who hold their children to high academic standards and equally applaud those children who meet those standards. By the way, you can also be proud of that turkey! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DBArcher Report post Posted April 27, 2015 Great Job Tessa, great looking bird Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kazpilot25 Report post Posted April 27, 2015 Great Job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
