Thirty one year old Dustin Pole who lives in Welsh, was understandably disappointed when his name was not drawn for the first of three lottery turkey hunts on West Bay wildlife management area this past season. Third time, though, proved to be charmed as he was selected for the third and final lottery hunt, a venture that resulted in Pole bagging what is unofficially a new state non-typical record for wild turkeys.

"I had gotten to take my nine year old cousin on a youth hunt on West Bay this year and called up a gobbler for him. Unfortunately," said Pole, "he missed."