Derby City welcomes Pro Staffer Rachel Shipley

Derby City is proud to welcome Rachel Shipley as the newest member of our Pro Staff! Rachel is a volunteer with local National Archery in the Schools Programs and is the organizer of Annie Oakley Day, a ladies-only range day focused on introducing women to Archery, Firearms, and Hunting. The first event in 2009 was a huge sucess with nearly 40 women participating, most of which had never fired a gun! We look forward to following Rachel’s success and thank her for her support of Derby City Game Calls!

What a Sick Day!

 

Derby City Pro Staffer, Dave Berry, had a successful hunt last week.  Dave is an awesome hunter and this is an account of Dave’s hunt is his own words=

“It was the last day of the early fall turkey hunting season. The night before I had been sick, so I figured no Turkey Hunting tomorrow. As I lay in bed I knew I wanted to be in the woods, but I still felt like I needed to stay close to home. When my wife left for work I talked myself into putting on my camo, then I talked myself  into geting my shotgun out…. next thing I know I’m on my way to the farm to see what I could find.  I was running late so when I got to the barn I loaded my shotgun while using the bathroom and headed right out. It was already 9:35 AM so I needed to get to my spot in the woods where I thought the turkeys might be, I slowly moved down the creek looking for any movement.  As I got to where I wanted to setup I could hear Turkeys around the bend of the creek. I found the closest tree and became part of the bark.  A few minutes later I began to see Turkeys, 14 to be exact. The largest Turkey was of course at the back of the trail, so I decided to take the Turkey closest to me. I could see the beard, so I shot.  The Turkey I shot turned out to be 24 plus pounds with a 12 inch beard and 1 1/2 inch spurs. The best Turkey of my life.  So the next time you try to talk yourself out of going to the woods I hope you think of my fall Turkey hunting story.”

Dave Berry.