The Utah Tracker: Gobble, Gobble 2015

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." ---Theodore Roosevelt 1910

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Gobble, Gobble 2015

Brody's 1st Tom

Brody has been on a two year quest to harvest a turkey. Last year he couldn't seal the deal. Several close calls with some smart old birds. This year we were at it again only this time he put the hammer down on a big ole mountain Merriam. We had to crawl on our hands an knees to place this hen in the meadow. We pulled his flock over to us but he was working another bird on the other side. We were able to sneak over and ambush him. He had an 8" beard and nice spurs.