Gary Reeder
Another HHC tidbit
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 11:55

Kase and I were walking down the road to where we parked my truck and past the big open field where the elk and buffalo hang out and heard a shot down in the deep ravine off to our left. Then another shot and another. We counted 10 rounds then it got quiet. Then it started again. One of the hunters came up the hill out onto the road in front of us and said he wanted to get out of the firefight going on down in the ravine. It seems the hunter was a newbie and never hunted before. He had a Mini 14 with a couple of mags. He spotted a turkey and decided he wanted a turkey dinner. He shot (at our last count) nearly 30 rounds at that turkey. From about 20 yards every time he saw the turkey flap a wing or move at all, he took another shot. Lord knows he wouldn't want a wounded turkey running around the area. He might attack one of us.
One of the guys at the skinning shed later said the guy was not one of our guys and when it was all over he ended up with one leg and most of a drumstick, but he got his turkey.