WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.304 align:center line:85% position:50% size:35% (gentle music) 00:00:05.271 --> 00:00:12.245 align:center line:79% position:50% size:75% - We hunt Miriam turkeys here, one of the six subspecies. 00:00:12.512 --> 00:00:16.449 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65% The hunters now have to apply for a tag in a draw, 00:00:16.583 --> 00:00:21.321 align:center line:79% position:49% size:68% whereas several years ago, the takes were unlimited so 00:00:21.454 --> 00:00:24.924 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55% everybody could get a tag, which made things 00:00:25.058 --> 00:00:27.193 align:center line:85% position:49% size:48% for us much easier. 00:00:34.234 --> 00:00:35.969 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55% We hunt the Black Hills of South Dakota, 00:00:36.236 --> 00:00:38.972 align:center line:79% position:50% size:50% quite different than 90% of South Dakota. 00:00:39.105 --> 00:00:41.074 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45% It's all foothills and mountains, 00:00:42.142 --> 00:00:44.744 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55% from pastures to rocky Ponderosa Pines. 00:00:44.878 --> 00:00:48.481 align:center line:85% position:50% size:55% It's quite a variance. 00:00:48.615 --> 00:00:49.048 align:center line:85% position:49% size:3% ♪ 00:00:49.616 --> 00:00:53.853 align:center line:79% position:49% size:53% Turkey hunting in the Black Hills is... 00:00:53.987 --> 00:00:57.424 align:center line:79% position:50% size:35% ...great. It's a hard hunt, 00:00:58.124 --> 00:01:00.026 align:center line:79% position:49% size:48% and you can make it as hard as you want 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:01.327 align:center line:85% position:49% size:58% or as easy as you want. 00:01:01.694 --> 00:01:04.297 align:center line:79% position:49% size:48% I like it because of the bird itself. 00:01:04.431 --> 00:01:05.231 align:center line:85% position:49% size:33% [turkey call] 00:01:05.465 --> 00:01:07.534 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55% These birds, they'll gobble at you all day. 00:01:07.667 --> 00:01:10.804 align:center line:85% position:49% size:33% (turkey call) 00:01:11.271 --> 00:01:19.646 align:center line:79% position:49% size:63% - They're not the biggest bird or they don't have 00:01:19.779 --> 00:01:21.514 align:center line:79% position:50% size:50% the best beards or the biggest spurs of 00:01:21.648 --> 00:01:25.885 align:center line:79% position:49% size:58% all the turkeys around, but they're a lot 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:28.688 align:center line:85% position:49% size:38% of fun to hunt. 00:01:29.622 --> 00:01:33.993 align:center line:79% position:49% size:58% I personally am a guide, but I'm hunting. 00:01:34.461 --> 00:01:36.763 align:center line:79% position:49% size:48% I enjoy the hunch as well as anybody. 00:01:36.996 --> 00:01:39.399 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70% And when my client pulls the trigger and bird tips over, 00:01:39.532 --> 00:01:41.401 align:center line:79% position:49% size:53% it's kind of like me doing the same thing. 00:01:41.534 --> 00:01:43.470 align:center line:79% position:49% size:53% So it feels good that way and feels good 00:01:43.603 --> 00:01:46.239 align:center line:79% position:50% size:60% that you can put a smile on their face also. 00:01:46.606 --> 00:01:47.640 align:center line:85% position:49% size:23% [gunshot] 00:01:49.108 --> 00:01:52.712 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70% If you can find better guides, you show them to me. 00:01:52.946 --> 00:01:57.517 align:center line:79% position:50% size:75% I don't think there's probably any two people, Tom Trimble 00:01:57.650 --> 00:02:02.088 align:center line:79% position:49% size:78% and Bruce Briesmeister, Bries, that have probably successfully 00:02:02.222 --> 00:02:04.290 align:center line:85% position:50% size:75% guided people to more turkeys. 00:02:04.557 --> 00:02:09.762 align:center line:79% position:50% size:55% We're at 1,900 turkeys harvested in 53 years. 00:02:09.929 --> 00:02:16.369 align:center line:85% position:50% size:5% ♪♪ 00:02:16.636 --> 00:02:17.370 align:center line:85% position:49% size:38% Good shot, bud. 00:02:17.804 --> 00:02:18.671 align:center line:85% position:50% size:25% Thank you. 00:02:19.339 --> 00:02:20.874 align:center line:85% position:49% size:33% There you go. 00:02:21.140 --> 00:02:21.975 align:center line:85% position:49% size:63% That was -- Great turkey. 00:02:22.208 --> 00:02:23.543 align:center line:85% position:49% size:43% Didn't take long. 00:02:23.776 --> 00:02:24.844 align:center line:85% position:49% size:38% No, it did not. 00:02:24.978 --> 00:02:28.815 align:center line:79% position:49% size:68% You couldn't ask for better turkey guys than was here. 00:02:29.149 --> 00:02:30.116 align:center line:85% position:49% size:33% There you go. 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:32.485 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65% You're now a successful Black Hills turkey hunter. 00:02:32.785 --> 00:02:33.419 align:center line:85% position:50% size:25% Thank you. 00:02:33.553 --> 00:02:36.589 align:center line:79% position:50% size:20% Ah. Awesome. 00:02:37.023 --> 00:02:40.026 align:center line:85% position:50% size:35% Tom and Chris. 00:02:42.896 --> 00:02:44.531 align:center line:79% position:49% size:48% The Turkey Track Club has influenced 00:02:44.964 --> 00:02:46.432 align:center line:79% position:49% size:43% generation after generation, and I 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:49.202 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70% hope that it's here for generation after generation. 00:02:49.335 --> 00:02:50.503 align:center line:85% position:50% size:50% They're like family. 00:02:50.737 --> 00:02:51.871 align:center line:85% position:50% size:55% They're like brothers. 00:02:52.005 --> 00:02:54.974 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65% There's truly nothing like them in the turkey world. 00:02:55.275 --> 00:02:56.843 align:center line:85% position:49% size:38% [music playing] 00:02:58.611 --> 00:03:02.015 align:center line:79% position:50% size:75% When you hunt at Turkey Track, you become a club member. 00:03:02.582 --> 00:03:04.450 align:center line:79% position:50% size:65% And you're a club member for the rest of your life. 00:03:04.584 --> 00:03:07.887 align:center line:79% position:50% size:60% So you're always welcome to come out here. 00:03:08.521 --> 00:03:09.989 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45% And we try to find a camp for you 00:03:10.390 --> 00:03:12.192 align:center line:79% position:50% size:45% because you're part of the group. 00:03:12.325 --> 00:03:14.327 align:center line:79% position:49% size:48% It's also part of Ron Scherr's dream. 00:03:14.928 --> 00:03:17.330 align:center line:79% position:49% size:43% So the length of Turkey Track Club 00:03:17.463 --> 00:03:20.433 align:center line:79% position:49% size:58% and being able to carry on with his dream 00:03:21.701 --> 00:03:24.804 align:center line:79% position:49% size:78% is probably the best tradition, I think, that we can share. 00:03:25.038 --> 00:03:27.974 align:center line:79% position:49% size:58% We find somebody who we think is professional 00:03:28.942 --> 00:03:31.044 align:center line:79% position:49% size:68% with what the turkey called because they've been out 00:03:31.277 --> 00:03:33.880 align:center line:79% position:50% size:70% and they've studied their guide and so they can do it. 00:03:34.013 --> 00:03:42.355 align:center line:79% position:49% size:78% And this year's victim, I mean, participant, is Marcella. 00:03:42.855 --> 00:03:44.390 align:center line:85% position:50% size:45% [chicken clucking] 00:03:45.892 --> 00:03:46.859 align:center line:85% position:50% size:25% [cheering] 00:03:48.228 --> 00:03:51.331 align:center line:85% position:50% size:40% (dramatic music) 00:03:51.464 --> 00:03:52.432 align:center line:85% position:49% size:38% [MUSIC PLAYING]