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Seven-Year-Old Completes Turkey Grand Slam
8/19/2009
Adriana Armstrong, 7, and her sister Alli, 11, are believed to be the youngest sister-duo to ever complete the turkey grand slam.
The turkey grand slam is a feat that involves harvesting Eastern, Rio Grande, Merriam's and Oscelos turkeys according to the National Wild Turkey Federation.
The grand slam is also something of a family tradition for the Armstrong girls. Their mother, Susan Armstrong, was the first in the family to bag a turkey grand slam.
“We started out in Florida in Alachua County where the girls took two jakes on the first evening,” Susan said. “This completed Alli's first grand slam and started Adriana's. As soon as Adriana shot her Osceola she started talking to her daddy about going after her own grand slam."
The family all completed grand slams this spring. Alli completed her second grand slam, and Adriana completed her first.
"What made it even more special for everyone is that Alli was able to take her second grand slam with Mark Cubley's 12 gauge Benelli,” Susan said. “Mark was a close family friend who passed away suddenly in the spring of 2008. He had always dreamed of getting his grand slam. Mark was more like an uncle to Alli and Adriana and he loved turkey hunting. Alli and Mark had traveled to Florida the year before he died to try for a slam, but neither one harvested an Osceola. After he passed away,
Mark's family wanted Alli to have his Benelli. She graciously accepted the gun and pursued the emotional grand slam in his memory."
