Syracuse.com - Central Square husband and wife get turkeys on opening day

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"We shot them in Tompkins County, near Dryden. The hunt went just like a TV show, except Rose put her bird down with the first shot."

Rosalie and Daniel Wilcox, of Central Square, both got their turkeys this year on opening day.

-Rosalie's turkey had a 5" beard, 1/4" spurs and weighed 24 lbs.

-Dan's turkey had a 7" beard, 3/4" spurs and weighed 28 lbs.

-Rosalie used a 20 ga. New England Pardner single shot.

- Dan used a 12 ga Mossberg pump.

According to an email from the couple: "We shot them in Tompkins County, near Dryden. The hunt went just like a TV show, except Rose put her bird down with the first shot.

"Dan missed a bigger bird (something about his sight was messed up and he tried to look over the barrel)

"So Dan had to fix his sight and keep calling the birds. Three birds hung up about 75 yards away for 20 minutes.

"They finally came in to the decoys and Dan shot the last one in line."

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog