What began Friday during
the high-school Rewards Day
concluded this afternoon
between the bouts of rain.
About 3:30 pm, the phone rang.
"Guess what, Mom?"
Aaron said, "I got one!"
But before he could tell his story,
Aaron said their field spotter
just saw four more turkeys.
He ended the call saying,
"We're going after one for Chase!"
About an hour later,
Aaron called again.
This time the group was
at the weigh-station
registering their birds and
preparing for a photo shoot.
The boys' buddy, Tristan, jumped
into the portrait too.
Aaron reported Tristan had
come along to watch
but was soon saying,
"Where's my gun?"
On the scale,
Aaron's jake
(an immature male)
dressed out
at 17 pounds.
Chase's tom
weighed in
at 20 pounds.
The beard on Aaron's jake
measured 3-1/2 inches
compared to the 9-inch beard
on Chase's tom.
Aaron's jake had button spurs
(the white notch
above the top toe)
on its feet, while those
on Chase's tom
were 1-1/2 inches long.
When Aaron arrived home this evening, he finally got to tell his story about spotting two turkeys in the field, driving past them, parking the truck across the road, finding a tree to lean against for the shoot, luring them in with a turkey call, picking out the bigger of the two from 50 yards, getting a good view of its head at 15 yards and taking the shot. Within 30 minutes, Chase had his bird too. His dad was glad.
Aaron reported Chase's dad raised his head and folded hands heavenward as he said aloud, "Thank You!"
Talk about a true Thanks Giving...
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