Not my first, not my biggest, but one of the best!

[dewclaw]

Other than watching my son kill his first bird, or killing my first bird, this morning was one of the best - I killed a nice bird using my grandpa's Lohman turkey call that I inherited in 1980. He only killed one turkey in his life (photo attached), but he let my cousin and I play with the call when we were kids. Last year I set a goal of killing a bird with his call, but it never quite worked out. This morning it all came together old school - just me, a call and a turkey! My fear while hunting with this call was either losing it or breaking it - I believe it's time to retire it and put it on a a shelf where my son can inherit it one day.

Good luck to all of you!

 

[Acorn]

That's awesome, Congratulations!

 

[DoubleRidge]

What a great story!...Thanks for sharing. Congratulations on meeting your goal!

Congrats on a nice bird too!

 

[Wrangler95]

Very nice gobbler,congrats!!

 

[Stlbaseball1]

Now this is the kind of stuff I come to this forum for! Awesome story. Awesome hunt. Awesome call. Most awesome = memories! Congrats!

 

[clwg97]

Awesome Story!

 

[Sasquatch Boogie Outdoors]

Wow!! That's one of the best hunts I've never been on.. I may be long gone when your son gets one with it but just maybe I can read about his hunt one day!!! That would be double awesome.

 

[PossumSlayer]

Congratulations!

 

[megalomaniac]

Super special! Hope your son has the bug for turkeys as well!

 

[Union Co. Boy]

That's special! Congratulations!

 

[Split Brow]

Very cool, congrats!!

 

[Gravey]

Great story and memory that you'll never forget. Congrats!!!

 

[Turkeychaser]

Congratulations!

 

[dewclaw]

Super special! Hope your son has the bug for turkeys as well!

He's killed a few but he's a lot madder at ducks!

 

[Chief44]

That's awesome. Love the pic of your grandpa. People seem to forget there was a time when people killed turkeys without fancy guns, chokes, loads and camo. Including myself. Congrats.

 

[Chickenrig]

Full circle my friend
Great story great bird and great history
Way to keep the fire lit !!!!
Well done sir

 

[PalsPal]

Great story and love the call.

Two questions:

1) I'm assuming that you run it like a scratch box? Never seen one like that.

2) If you got it in 1980, why wait 40 years to use it?

 

[tndeerman]

Great story enjoyed the reading

 

[dewclaw]

Great story and love the call.

Two questions:

1) I'm assuming that you run it like a scratch box? Never seen one like that.

2) If you got it in 1980, why wait 40 years to use it?

Yeah, guess I failed to show the striker. So guess it is like a scratch box. As far as why I waited, I just had it displayed with a few other old items and never thought much about it until the last year or two.

Thanks folks for your responses! I appreciate the comments!!!

 

[dewclaw]

That's awesome. Love the pic of your grandpa. People seem to forget there was a time when people killed turkeys without fancy guns, chokes, loads and camo. Including myself. Congrats.

Yeah it's kinda hard to tell in the picture, but I suspect that is his old 16 ga Winchester Model 12 pump that I also inherited. Modified choke and he probably used some high brass #5 or 6 shot if I had to guess. Definitely no decoys, fancy choke tunes, TSS, or probably even camo!

 

[rem270]

Very cool!

 

[thirdwilliam]

awesome for you. congrats