A heartwarming story of friendship and why these girls are gaga for gobblers

By Eve Flanigan

Kylie McCrea, 11, left, Megan Vess, 15, with her bird, right. (Photo: Eve Flanigan)
Kylie L. McCrea is already a hunting celebrity at 12 years of age.  She was three when she first fired a rifle under the watchful eye of her father, Eric, now a retired Border Patrol agent.  Today, with the support of Eric, her mother Tori, and a supportive public school, she has amassed some enviable hunting honors.
The turkey Grand Slam is the bagging of four of the major subspecies of wild turkey in the United States in one year. Those species are Eastern, Merriam’s, Rio Grande, and Osceola. Kylie was 11 when she chalked up her third Grand Slam.
Gobblers are just the beginning of Kylie’s hunting adventures.  She’s taken her share of whitetail deer, numerous exotics, and other game, and she also enjoys fishing. Lately, said her dad, she’s really into archery.
There’s just no stopping Kylie’s or her family’s enthusiasm for the outdoors. Tori, the relative latecomer to hunting, started hitting the woods when she was 27 and started dating Eric.  A wedding followed, along with Kylie, and later two sisters, now 10 and 8, who are becoming outdoorspeople in their own right.  “I thought I’d have

Source: Guns.com