Miss Faith, Cade, and "Gilbert Grape"

[adkmountainken]

must be down loading a few dozen pic's and deep frying Gilbert!

[larry]

seems like they ought to up from their nap by now !!

[Guru]

What a first turkey hunt for Cade!!!

I'm still runnin',makin' stuff for St Jude's,downloadin' pix, and about everything else I can squeeze into one day off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

L8R....

[adkmountainken]

AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! the suspense!!!!!!!!

[flatlander37]

Story!?

[Whip]

Awwww, come on now!!!          

[BigRonHuntAlot]

  AND..........

[Shaun]

Charlie see what you have spawned! Curt maybe you could teach Cade to type - as well as hunt.

[SouthMDShooter]

Ah come on now    

[swp]

As busy as Curt has been lately we will be lucky to get a story and pics by Tuesday or Wednesday. He must be related to Charlie Lamb somehow cause he loves to leave us on the edge of our seats.  

[cjones]

The suspense is killing me! Can'y wait for the story..

[BMN]

Looking forward to this one!

[Guru]

Well, For anyone that's wants a "kill" thread,this isn't it.....but what a morning filled with classic Cade quotes, plenty of turkeys,and memories of a day we'll never forget!

 When I went in at 4:00 Cade jumped right out of bed and hit the floor just about runnin',and talkin' 100mph!

We got out of the truck and started up a hill and I hear Cade behind me say, "daddy my teeth are chattering".....I ask, "why bud".....he says, "I'm so excited!" That's my boy!

So we get over a barbed wire fence that I was a little concerned with because of the darkness with no problem,and we are in Gilberts vineyard. We make it about half way across and all of a sudden comes a very startling and loud blowing sound! I'd forgotten to tell Cade about the horses in the upper pasture and in the most terrified whisper you could imagine he says..."daddy whaaaat's that!"

Needless to say for the next 100yds till we got to our set up spot he was in my back pocket!

We set up without a hitch and we're getting settled when it comes.....a nice loud gobble right from where I just knew Gilbert would be. Cade says....."It's on daddy!"....again I'm thinkin',"that's my boy"

He gobbles a few more times and Cade keeps asking, "when are you gonna call to him daddy?".....I tell him that I'll call just before I think he's gonna fly down. It wasn't a minute after that we hear wings flapping,and we watch him hit the ground in the upper pasture,just like he always does, but way earlier that I've ever seen him fly down......

So I call, and he gobbles and it's really "on" now!

With a couple more calls he's angling down the hill toward us, walking,strutting, and gobbling the whole way.....

While he's coming, we see a hen fly down up by where he did,but he's coming right for us....

I tell Cade , "when he disappears in that dip,he's gonna show up again right on top of us so you have to be real quiet and still"....he's shaking with excitement....As he sits next to me and has a front row seat to one of natures finest settings and he's lovin' it!

Here comes the red head out of that low spot about 30yds away,and then he's there.....in all his glory.....

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Way to cool    

Tracy  

[Guru]

Thanx bud...

Guys, just too tired now to do any more tonight. But I have a lot of pix and the story gets better,I promise!

[Huntrdfk]

 Curt, I can already tell by what you've told us that it was a huge success, and that Cade had a great time, as did his dad.....


David

[steadman]

Atta boy Curt!  

[Whip]

Too cool!   :cool:         Gave me goosebumps just reading about it!
(A little bit from Gilbert, but mostly from Cade!)

[adkmountainken]

Curt,
    don't think many of us "need" a kill thread to enjoy this, i KNOW thedre are many like myself that love to walk with you and Cade on this hunt, thanks for bringing us with you!

[Doug Campbell]

Hmmm.... Reminds me of the first time out with Grandpa so many years ago, teeth chattering and shaking and it's not even cold