Ian and Bobby bring on their Vermont hunting buddy Chad for the first time to tell the story of how a chance introduction through Ian's wife's family turned into one of the most meaningful friendships Limb Junkies has made. They walk through the whole origin — from that first spring trip to the Northeast Kingdom where Bobby doubled up on Jakes and Ian spent four days chasing pressured long beards through cow pastures, to Chad and his son making the trip down to Virginia to fill their freezers with deer. Then Ian breaks down his second Vermont Turkey trip in full detail: the dairy farm bird on day one, the heartbreaker long beard that skirted them at 70 yards on day two, a perfect morning that went cold on day three, and the final-day chase through cornfields and rock walls that ended with two birds on the wall and cigars lit. Along the way Chad shares what Turkey hunting in the Northeast Kingdom is really like — late-season timing, a sea of Jakes, birds that won't come off roost in the rain, land access that works nothing like Virginia — and Ian admits he may not hunt quite like the locals up there.

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