As many of you know, back in early December sponsor Jerry Russell of Russell Outdoor Guides graciously offered a chance to win a fully guided combination hog/turkey/bowfishing trip for April of this year. It was quite a generous offer and was well received based on the number of fellow tradgang members that tried their luck. Like most, I figured I have time in April to make such a trip and my odds of winning are not that great but what the heck I will throw my name into the hat anyhow......
Fast forward a few weeks to December 23rd and as I am sitting in my office staring at a large mound of papers on my desk when I get an email notification from the webmaster @ tradgang. I can hardly believe it when I read the subject line of the email. I had hit the jackpot! After breaking the exciting news to my wife(very understanding wife I might add since I had other out of state trips planned this year as well), I gave Jerry a call right after Christmas. Immediately I could tell we would get along just fine as we talked over the countless options he had for making this trip happen. Jerry told me to pick out a few days in April and he would reserve that block of time for me.
Following up to our conversation, I dropped Jerry an email with the dates and he confirmed April 12-15th would work fine with him as well plus provided me a letter showcasing what to expect on this trip. I actually added another day of hog & possibly turkey hunting to the package because I figured if I am traveling 12 hours to hunt I might as well make the most of the trip! To make it better for my travels, Jerry mentioned that he could book another trad hunter during that time so I quickly made contact with another interested hunter to tag along.
So, as the wind howls outside and temps here in central PA drop well below zero, winter is much more tolerable knowing that in a few short months I will be headed south to warm central Georgia on this hunting/bowfishing marathon.
Thanks again Jerry for such a generous offering and I will be certain to keep tradgang updated on my trip.
Clay
Topic: Update: Early Xmas Present from Russell Outdoor Guides (Read 451 times)
