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Offline TRKYHTR

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Wedding Gift
« on: May 15, 2013, 06:37:40 PM »
So my daughter is getting married June 8th. Her soon to be husband, Jason, has never been hunting but was very interested after she brought him to my house. He finally put in the time to take his hunter safety class and was itchin to go turkey hunting this spring. I took him in the fall and he killed his first turkey but he had never had the fortune of being in the spring woods and hearing the turkeys gobble. The first time I was able to take him we were late because I had forgot the shotgun and had to turn around and go back to get it. He was using my shotgun because he didn't have one. This was my buddy Marvin Robbins gun I had received from his family after he passed away. I gave this Remington 870 to Marvin several years ago for Christmas. It was one of the best shooting guns he owned and he put a scope on it because his eyes were getting bad. In the last 2 years that I used this gun it has killed 20+ gobblers. I have killed 16 with it in the 2 years I shot it. Plus everyone that I took hunting that didn't have a gun used mine because it was sighted in and using a scope is easy for alot of people to use. It is very user friendly. He ended up killing his first and second spring turkey with that gun. After this spring season ended he was at my house going over some of the wedding plans. So I gave him my wedding gift. Marvin's gun. I told him that it was a family airloom and that he should hand it down to his kids at the appropriate time. Here is a couple pics of that gun with some dead turkeys.

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This was the last turkey I killed with this gun. It was my AZ gobbler. Marvin lived in AZ.
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2013, 06:55:59 PM »
Great story Joe!  Guns are one of the best family heirlooms in my opinion.
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2013, 07:00:49 PM »
Yep  and you did a good thing passing it to your future son in law.
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2013, 08:29:36 PM »
Great wedding gift. One that he should treasure for a life time. A perfect way to welcome him into the family.  :grouphug:
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2013, 09:43:21 AM »
What a history behind that gun, and what a FITTING way to welcome the new son-n-law into the family and the sport Joe
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Offline MadYelper

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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2013, 07:38:00 AM »
Jason is lucky to have you as a father in law!
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2013, 01:23:32 PM »
Very nice story, and a great gift.
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Re: Wedding Gift
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2013, 04:09:52 PM »
Quote from: West Augusta on May 15, 2013, 07:00:49 PM
Yep  and you did a good thing passing it to your future son in law.
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