Here is myself and several friends- from L-R Chad, Chris, Brad, Mike, Myself, and Ed.  My brother Matt is taking the picture.  We had a great day of goose hunting here- 30 geese.  I shot 5 geese in three shots on this day, and of the five, three had bands.  The best part is that it was on my birthday- Spetember 8, 2001!  What a great present!  I found a field that the local Canadians were using, I obtained permission, and we hammered the geese.

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Here we are turkey hunting in Battle Creek this fall (2001).  My brother Matt (left) shot a 7 point with his bow, my friend Joel (middle) shot a turkey with his shotgun, and I shot 6 turkeys with my shotgun (Mossberg 835).  In this area you get 2 fall permits per person- we had decided that whomever gets the shots should take as many as they can towards our group limit of 10.  So, when I saw some run over a ridge, I snuck up after them and cut loose.  The Mossberg 835 is the best turkey gun I ever used.  I reload 3 1/2 inch shells, and they pack a wallup.  I dropped  2 birds with my second shot.  Out hunting together was myself, Matt, and Joel, along with a couple of other great friends, Jerry and Kevin.  It was a great day.

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           Here is myself and my friend Kevin in the Spring of 2001.  Kevin drew a turkey permit for the late spring season, and I went down to Battle Creek with him to call for him on our hunt.  We made some crow calls to find birds in the pre-dawn morning, and we found a few.  We moved into the woods to set up, and we scared a couple out from the tree we were under.  So, we set up where we were and as the sun came up I began calling.  After a good 45 minutes, finally a tom responded and obviously came at a run.  The tom came from my left (I was set up to the left of Kevin with out decoys out in front) and circled behind me.  Kevin was watching the tom, and when the tom stood up on a log it saw our decoys.  Kevin saw that and picked that moment to swivel his gun and shoot.  It was a beautiful bird with a 10 1/2 inch beard.

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       Here is another picture of Kevin's turkey from that morning.  It was one of those days that you can thank God for:  great friend, great weather, great creation, and success!

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