A Bucket List Bird

The other day at work I got a visit from Dale Thompsen.  Dale is the father of my good friend Travis.  We were talking about hunting and he mentioned that he had been wanting to get out.  I told him to tell me when and we set a date.  We went out this morning to the refuge and had a really fun shoot.  We walked for about an hour before we found a rooster.  It flushed a little wild, but I was able to make a good shot on it.  After that I was a little concerned about getting Dale a bird.  The spot we were hunting has seen a lot of pressure in the last week.  We continued on and about 20 minutes later Chase made an excellent point.  A little working in and we had a nice rooster up in the air.  Dale made a great shot on it.  After the retrieve he informed me that he could cross one thing off his "bucket list."  He had wanted to shoot one more wild rooster.  It was really cool to be able to help him accomplish this bird.  We were both really excited, and it was a perfectly worked bird to boot.  We ended up getting one more which was just icing on the cake.  Thanks for coming out Dale, it was a blast.