GOAL ACCOMPLISHED: Jessica Haack of Gothenburg completed the grand slam of turkey hunting last month. Haack has shot all four sub-species of turkey in the United States.Local Hunter Shoots Grand Slam.
Haack shoots four species
by Deb Egenberger - The Gothenburg Times
A Gothenburg lab technician fairly new to turkey hunting has accomplished a goal few hunters ever claim.
Jessica Haack went on her first turkey hunt a couple of years ago when she had first begun dating boyfriend Dustin Noble.
Noble is an avid outdoorsman, having hunted most of his life.
Last year, Haack shot her first Tom turkey and she has been hooked ever since.
Haack set a goal for this spring, hoping to shoot all four sub-species of turkeys in the United States.
She accomplished what is known as the grand slam in May when she killed an Eastern turkey on a hunt in eastern Kansas.
The other three birds in the grand slam were an Osceola turkey shot in Florida in March, a Merriams turkey killed in the Sandhills of Nebraska and a Rio Grande hunted in southern Nebraska.
All four birds where mature Toms with two of them sporting inch and a quarter spurs.
Noble served as Haack’s guide. He said he completed his own grand slam in 2007.
3 comments:
That is pretty cool, especially for someone so new to hunting. Congrats to her.
Arthur, congrats are definately in order.
I love hearing stories like this.. Congrats to the lady!
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