Saturday, August 29, 2009

Wild Turkey

As in the National Wild Turkey Federation. They are sponsoring the women in the outdoor conference that Amidala and I are attending today. A little mother-daughter bonding in the great outdoors. We signed up to go fly fishing. And kayaking. And rifle marksmanshipping. Our only regret (besides the fact that we have to get up at 5:00am to get there on time) is that the trailer backing class was only offered at the same time as the flyfishing class. We both thought that trailer backing would be a great skill to have. When we were backing up in my car last week, we (and by we I mean me) scraped the bumper on the garage. (What a couple of turkeys-as in the Meleagris gallopavo variety.) And we didn't even have a trailer. If we survive out day with sharp hooks and boats and guns we will let you know how it goes. Probably our instructors will need a little wild turkey (as in the Kentucky bourbon whiskey variety) by the end of the day.
FYI--My friend the game warden says that wild turkeys were introduced to Wyoming as an exchange with another state for some antelope. You have to win a drawing to get a license to hunt wild turkey in Wyoming. We didn't enter the drawing, so we won't be shooting any turkeys. You have to play to win.

1 comment:

Abi said...

:) Wish I could come too. Have fun!