8 Year Old Killing It!

[Union Co. Boy]

I have to brag on my best friend's son Cullen. This young man is absolutely fanatical about hunting turkeys. This is his third season chasing gobblers. He killed a jake his first season, tagged out last year on 2 jakes and a gobbler, and only has one tag left to punch this year with 2 very nice birds under his belt! His dedication to turkey hunting is well beyond anything I've personally experienced for a kid his age. He's been fortunate enough to be surrounded by family and friends that support and mentor his efforts. He has aspirations of being involved in the hunting industry in some fashion, and has actually made some contacts with TV personalities and gear manufacturers. His dad, though an extremely successful deer hunter, admittedly has little turkey hunting experience. Cullen has actually progressed to the point of picking his own setup and doing all of the calling himself. Here are the pictures of his 2 birds so far this season:
1st 11.5" beard, 1.25" spurs, 23.6 lbs.
2nd 10.75" beard, 1" spurs, 19 lbs.
I'm going to see if he'll give me some pointers!

 

[Split Brow]

Congrats to the young man, awesome!!

 

[deerfever]

Congrats young man! Nice Gobblers

 

[BARhunter]

Awesome!

 

[PalsPal]

That's awesome.

And using a box call and pot call.

Do you know which is his primary call?

I'd love to see a video of his running it.

 

['borohunter]

Nice - great job and congrats !!

 

[Acorn]

Nice birds, Congratulations to the young man!

 

[Gravey]

That's awesome and heart warming. Congrats young man!!!

 

[rem270]

Sounds like a Pro in the making! That's awesome.

 

[Union Co. Boy]

That's awesome.

And using a box call and pot call.

Do you know which is his primary call?

I'd love to see a video of his running it.

He can make a box call sound really good! Way better than me! But, his primary would be the pot call. He's practicing with the mouth call and improving. I'll work on seeing about a video. I'd love to post one.

 

[REN]

wow thats awesome! and here I am were my 8 year old I still have to help get the cereal down from the pantry lol.

 

[Wrangler95]

That is great,congrats to him!

 

[DoubleRidge]

That's great!....nice to see young people so involved in the outdoors these days!

 

[Steyrhunter]

Congratulations!

 

[Bone Collector]

That's Awesome!

 

[Chief44]

That's awesome

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

Awesome bird. Congrats to the young man.

 

[thirdwilliam]

awesome. Congrats to him and his folks

 

[Andy S.]

Super story, I love seeing kids excel in the outdoors. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

That is absolutely awesome!!