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My 9 Year Old Son's First Hunt: Chasing Turkeys With Ryan

Scoot

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Fantastic ending for ryan's season!!

Your story stirred the emontions a bit. As I have been tryi g to get my sometimes reluctant daughter a bird this year as well. We have had some close encounters but yet to that right opportunity.

I can only guess how proud you are and how powerful those moments were for you. Congrates scoot.

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Awesome! A couple things come to mind seeing the end of this story.

1. I REALLY admire how Ryan stuck with it. Most people, let alone 9 year olds, would have given up long ago. It's not easy getting up that early to shiver in a blind. That makes it that much more sweet.

2. You can finally catch up on some sleep.

3. Will there by a life sized turkzilla gracing the walls of your house?

4. When you get the chance, I'd like to hear the story straight from Ryan's mouth. Maybe this weekend I can get a chance to talk to him.

5. I wish I could have seen your exit strategy out of the blind. A certain scene from Ace Ventura comes to mind.

6. I've read every one of your stories on HSO and, no doubt about it, this is my all time favorite!

Congrats again to Ryan on his first punched tag. He definitely earned this one! I have no doubt we'll be reading about his first deer soon!

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That is a great end to an already great story! Congrats to Ryan for his persistence, and trophy! It sounds like you guys had a great time, and the icing is that he gets to punch a tag. This whole thing will stick with you all forever! Congrats dad, on getting him out there.

Thanks Scoot! As always, a great story!

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Unbelievable, that is SO awesome. Congrats to both of you. Got a little teary eyed myself. Great write up, great photos, great ending.

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On another note, I can't stop reading it. Just finished my 4th time today. You did a great job with playing it out slowly. The pictures you took were really amazing as well!

Congrats Ryan!

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That was so cool!

What persistence Ryan has,(you too). That what a person needs to be successful in turkey hunting and life in general. Get past the rough spots, learn from it and keep your goal in mind.

I'm sure you're so proud of him.

It all worked out in the end for such a great story and outcome.

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Heck yeah - congrats! What a great ending to the season for you guys! The missed opportunities in SE MN, the jakes getting away earlier in the day, all transitioning to Ryan getting "Turkzilla" on your own! I think NoWiser is onto something about that bird going on the wall! smile

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Thanks guys- I appreciate it a lot! It was so fun! I can't get over it! I'm still fairly shocked and super happy that it came together for him.

1. I REALLY admire how Ryan stuck with it. Most people, let alone 9 year olds, would have given up long ago. It's not easy getting up that early to shiver in a blind. That makes it that much more sweet.

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Glad to see him get a crack at one, I was wondering who's blind was out in that field. There was turkeys around it for alot of the time when I went by there. Even a bigger feat is that turkey had been hunted pretty hard from what I have seen. Seemed to be someone hunting in the area quite often.

Good job and I think it is good to have a kid get success as it will make him want it more down the road.

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Awesome stuff right there! Probably be one of your best hunts ever. Congrats to you and Ryan.

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Been following Ryan's season on here and I gotta say. This is hands down my most favorite hunting story I've read on any internet forum. Congrats to the young man and way to go Dad for putting this all together. Yes, I got a little teary eyed myself. Just too awesome!

I totally saw in my head how you squeezed through those windows to go after turkzilla!!

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Yeah Ryan! Way to go! That's awesome for you and your son, Scoot. I sure wish there was video of you going out that window. The smile on his face says it all. Its going to be something he'll remember all his life. I don't think I would've handled that miss like he did. He's a real trooper.

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