Bailey Hodge (12) experienced
the hunt of a lifetime and got his first gobbler! David Fortenberry and
Gene Hoyt of Crossland Game Calls planned a morning of fun for
Bailey and his dad, Don, which started @ 5 AM on 3/09/07. Gene set up the
camera and David started calling. They saw a couple nice gobblers early,
even got them on video, but Bailey wasn't able to get a shot through the
thick wooded area. They moved to another area and within minutes David
had two more gobblers within video range and Bailey was able to harvest
his first turkey. The bird weighed 15lbs, had a 10 1/4 in beard and 1 in
spurs.