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Great opening day for two new turkey dogs

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For hunters who use dogs, it's a proud moment when a puppy tastes its first success. For Norma and Carson Quarles of Roanoke, they got a double-dose of excitement on Oct. 27, opening day of the first segment of Virginia's fall turkey season.

Norma killed this turkey with the help of young Boykin spaniel sisters Missy and Mandy.

The hunt was bittersweet. Missy and Mandy are the successors of the Quarles' previous turkey hunter, a Boykin named Brandy, who died last year.

Brandy was a great turkey dog and I was responsible for dozens of fall turkeys -- including several for me. It looks like these two are off to a great start.

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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.

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