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.....
Topic: Miss Faith, Cade, and "Gilbert Grape" (Read 6442 times)
