I don’t know about other states, but in Virginia there is a day just for children to turkey hunt.
It’s the first Saturday before turkey season officially begins and my girls are counting down the days.
The Cotton Husband has promised to take them and though he cannot carry a gun that day he’s looking forward to spending time with Pumpkin and Sweetpea.
My Pumpkin is rarin’ to go. Everywhere we go these days she’s staring out of the window trying to spot gobblers and hens and thinking about her “strategy” for that day.
Ahhhh… country girls. They really are a different breed.
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I’ll be sure to stay inside on Saturday! lol
It just seems like an oxymoron: children’s hunting. Of course, I sent my 11 year old out last fall. Maybe I am the oxymoron.
Here in Arkansas, we have a weekend before deer season starts just for the kids.
I don’t know about turkey season…but I know my oldest is beyond ready…he has been practicing his turkey calling!
Wow! It’s hard to believe how diverse this great big country is – here on the west coast we’d have to send our kids ‘hunting’ for turkey in the grocery store because that’s where all our turkeys live. Well, there and various sports bars …
I love the turkey pictures!
“Well, there and various sports bars …”
Nancy, we have a bunch of turkeys there too! Always struttin’ around.
So what do the kids actually do? Chase them down, entice them into a trap, take their pop guns out and pop them?? It’s all new to me. We have scrub turkeys that run wild in the outer suburban areas here in coastal areas of Australia, but I don’t think we are allowed to touch them, they are protected. I think they are a little scrawny to eat too!
Lisha,
They wait for the turkeys to come out – they entice them out with some sort of call… then they pop them.
The wild turkey around here can be a little tough to eat – some people have marinades and tenderizers that have been family secrets for years and years.
- Jennifer
I hope the girls bag a turkey. The Cotton Husband will be so proud.
And I hope you have or can get one of the tenderizer secrets, too.
Let us know how it turns out!!
What a neat idea. I dont think SD has such a day for kids to hunt. But then I would be the last to know as my hubs is not a hunter.
I made the girls take the gun safety course right along with the boys. It is a highlight in their life. Of course having a better aim than most boys in the class helped to sweeten it for them. LOL
Happy turkey hunting!!!!
Awesome! Can’t wait to see the pictures!!!
Too cool!
Blessings!
Lacy
Okay, Hubs confirmed, we do have a youth turkey hunt and it is next weekend! Which is also the start of Tball season…of which Hubs is a coach. *sigh* My poor turkey hunters!
Hah! Well, you’ll be glad to know that my daughter has the training to kill a lot of turkeys!
‘Course, she’s not a kid anymore.