Hopefully a boys first Turkey and maybe hog

[WildWill]

Alright boy's and girls let's get this season started. As some of you may remember I shared my sons first deer kill on here last year. Figured I'd take y'all along on our journey to bag his first longbeard or a Jake would be just fine. Got him a new single shot 410 with some TSS rounds and we've been practicing the last few weekends. He's doing well but gets cocky real quick which leads to simple mistakes like not putting his dang cheek on the stock. He shot 7 rounds today at 10,20, and 30 yards and even talked me into shooting my 12 gauge a couple times. I've decided to limit him to 30 yards and go with a tripod to help him stay steady. He's just not big enough or experienced yet for the old elbow on the knee trick and the tripod has helped a ton. We have a week of hunting coming up in just under a month. First of to some private land in Texas for a few days of hunting then we will stop by some public in western Oklahoma for the youth weekend. Oh did I mention the TX property is crawling with hogs that will focus on in the evenings.
30-20-10 yards

My 12 gauge 50-20 yards

 

[Nick87]

Go get em boys, looking forward to this one!

 

[2rocky]

Ahhh, turkeys are fun with the younguns! Watching them nearly explode as a gobbler comes in...priceless.

Good luck my friend. Don't forget, Jakes are a great first bird...don't hold out for a longbeard...

Hogs are a target of opportunity and like trains...If you miss one, there's another coming by in 15 minutes...

 

[DHoldmeyer]

Good Luck!

 

[B&CTom]

Looking forward to more posts on this thread! Not much tops hunting with your kids, especially in these formative years. You’re an awesome Dad, putting in the work and finding opportunities to get out there to enjoy the outdoors. Good stuff!

 

[Rack Daniels]

Nice!!! Good luck to both of you and safe travels! I’ll be leaving here the 4th. Definitely gonna be picking up a NR turkey tag when we’re a bit settled in!

 

[WildWill]

Took him and my nephew out this weekend with their 410’s and let them practice on the last of my turkey targets. They did well! They wanted to go hunting something fierce but one problem our normal quarry on a trip like that would be squirrel and/or rabbit. Unfortunately squirrel season closed the end of February and rabbit mid March. They tried to talk me into letting the shoot meadow larks but that ain't gonna fly. Finally in desperation they said how about a mouse I gave in thinking it be a good excuse for them to at least practice hunting together and firearm safety. They formed a shooting line and with me slightly behind them and in-between they began walking fields like pheasant hunting. If there'd have been a booky handy I'd have bet every dollar they're cause was hopeless. But I'll be dammed if a about 3 passes in a field mouse takes of running in front of my son and stops at about 8 feet. He got on it and fired missing the mouse ran to the left in front of my nephew who in a beautiful display of follow through hit the mouse running in the head. So nice to see kids enjoying themselves on the same property me, my brother, and cousins use to run around on with 22s and 410’s grandpa would be happy. One more week and we're heading out to really get this thing started.