Syracuse.com - Colgate student graduates, gets his turkey license and promptly gets his bird

[HuntingNY-News]

"He got up like he used to, and shot this beautiful bird at 7:20 a.m.," his father said.

 

Among other things, Andrew Heagle, of East Syracuse, had one goal in mind after he graduated recently from Colgate University. He wanted to go spring turkey hunting.

His father, Andrew Sr., wrote: "This is a photo of my son and a 10 1/2" beard tom turkey he harvested. He loves the outdoors but hasn't been able to hunt much due to attending Colgate University the past four years.

" But as luck would have it for him, he graduated and we bought his license (soon after) at Dick's.

" He got up like he used to, and shot this beautiful bird at 7:20 a.m. Even after I tried talking him out of going and thought he'd be better off trying (to fish) for walleye...LOL!

"P.S.: He said he was surrounded by three deer while he called the turkey in... and ended up with a 15 yard shot as it pushed around the decoys.

"Bird was taken in Town of Manlius, County Onondaga. Nice bird. Had him for dinner!"

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog