Rayden harvested his very first turkey this morning! It’s a fabulous bird too! Thanks so much to Kitty Fork Outdoors, Jeff and Dana Jones, Gerome Heath, Ty Hunter, Hunter Britt and Alex. Everyone put their heart and prayers into this hunt and we can’t thank them all enough!
You can feel the excitement of everyone in the blind when this Tom turkey came running toward the decoy. He put on a good show, attacking the decoy over and over with his giant spurs. The guys tried to be so quiet loading the gun, that when Rayden tried to take the shot it didn't fire properly. This happened several times. Even though the turkey heard the clicks, he never left! It was like God told this Tom he was going to be Rayden's trophy today, no matter what, so he just waited. When Rayden fired the shot, the turkey jumped up and tried to fly to the woods. He only made it to the edge before landing. Another Tom turkey came running toward him. When Hunter and Ty got to the shot turkey, he was being attacked by the second Tom! Rayden, Alex, and Uncle G were sitting at the blind waiting for the results. When they held up Rayden's trophy turkey, he couldn't contain his excitement. He began to run across the field. Of course, this wasn't very successful, so Alex picked him up and carried him over to see his kill. Everyone was bubbling with pride!
After taking some measurements, and pictures at Jeff and Dana Jones house, we decided to drive Rayden and his prize turkey to Greenville for the 2024 Youth Pirate Classic.
WINNER, WINNER!!! 
Rayden’s Turkey won 9th place out of 61 over all. He was the 4th heaviest bird!! (286 kids signed up)
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