Way to go Dave
Yesterday I received a phone call from a friend I’ve known for many years. His name is Dave (Ernie) Marcum. Actually my mom and dad knew his parents when Dave was just a little guy. Dave is a good 10 years younger than me, so it wasn’t till he got turned on to hunting that we started flowing on some of the same wave lengths.
Many years ago I invited Dave on a West Branch deer hunt with fellow church member comrades Bill Michaud, Ken Meloche, Bob McCarty, and Tom Calloway. We had a great time around the campfire, and even took a couple deer. One of them being Daves first deer with a bow. He made an awesome shot, and from that moment on Dave was an offical bowhunting “nut.” I can remember how proud I was of him, and counted him as an asset to the bowhunting community.
Many, many,years have passed since that day which brings me to my phone call. Dave had taken a huge Tom turkey in Hillsdale, and had a couple questions to ask me. Even though he didn’t take his bird with a bow I was still very excited for him. You see it was his first turkey, and yes I’de say we now have a turkey fanatic on our hands. As he reported his afternoon hunt to me I could relate to everything he went through. The only thing that could of made it better would of been me being there with him. Anyway I felt honored to have Dave call me, and hope to meet up with him in Hillsdale someday. Good going Dave! Now you have to harvest one with a bow-it ain’t easy! Bye the way Daves bird had a 10-1/2 inch beard and 1-1/4 spurs. Thats a record class longbeard partner.
Mike