Terry Dameron (right) shot this great gobbler in Franklin County as his brother-in-law Neil Brooks shot video. The turkey was almost a clone of Brooks' bird posted below, weighing 18 pounds and with an 11-inch beard and 1.25-inch spurs. The kill was made between 8 and 8:30 a.m., and the bird covered a lot of ground to investigate the hunters' calls.
While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
Where's the video? You should Utube it and put the link on here. Some of us can use all the help we can get on turkey hunting tactics!
Comment by Jay — May 13, 2009 @ 1:10 pm
Hey Mark ive been waiting for your video this year i was hoping to see a good belly crawl again you are running out of time its hard to do if your work takes up your time ive scored twice this year one more hopefully by this last weakend i can get it done two some what nice birds my brother-inlaw has the biggest one so far and the one you just posted is a nice one good going to them hope to see your bird soon good hunting see you at harrisonburg this year good luck.wag
--Congrats on the birds, WAG. No video this year. Haven't gotten out but once and it was quiet that day. Too many other things going on this spring. Good luck this weekend. mt
Comment by wag — May 13, 2009 @ 8:03 pm
Terry Great bird!
Mark
Is it possible to make a snippet their video available to their achievement?
--I'd be happy to post a link if they want to upload the video to a site like YouTube. mt
Comment by Static Lines — May 14, 2009 @ 10:01 am
I will upload a couple of videos to youtube and send you the link, we've got three hunts on tape this year. Don't wait to be too impressed it is pretty shaky and blurry at times but we are getting better. I will let you know when I've got them up.
-Thanks, Neil. You need to start using a tripod, if you aren't they're a pain to carry with you, but a world of difference with video quality. mt
Comment by Neil Brooks — May 14, 2009 @ 1:30 pm