Katie Scores Again 93 year Old NC Woman Bags a Gobbler

Back in 2006 Katie Watson made news when at the age of 91 she tagged a 6 point buck. Well it’s great to see this young lady is still getting it done 2 years latter when she bagged a gobbler on the opening day of the North Carolina turkey season.

Katie Watson is still hunting the land she grew up on and hopes to be doing more of the same when she turns 94 in September.
Her most recent addition was a 19-pound turkey she got about a half mile from her home near Richfield in Stanly County while hunting with her grand-nephew, Kevin Barringer, on opening day of the spring turkey season.
Barringer helped Watson to her blind and put decoys out. He was 200 yards away in his own pop-up blind.
Watson used her call, and about five minutes later the gobbler showed up. One shot with her 12 gauge Browning automatic, and it was hers.

Salisbury Post

She says she hopes to be out there this fall going after her buck. Once again another tip of the hat to Miss Katie for getting the job done.

A Tip of the Hat for a Successful Tarheel Hunter

Today Tom Higgins from Charlotte Observer had brief note about a successful hunter that I think is noteworthy;

Accomplished outdoorswoman Katie Barringer Watson, who lives near Richfield, has struck again.Watson, who celebrated her 91st birthday in September and was featured in an Observer outdoor column, bagged a 6-point buck this week while deer hunting with a rifle in Stanly County.
It’s unofficial, but she’s thought to be the oldest woman ever to harvest a deer in North Carolina. Watson drives to her favorite hunting spot in a camouflaged ATV and shoots from a tree stand 15 feet up that she built a couple of years ago. — TOM HIGGINS

It’s great to see young people getting out and enjoying the great outdoors.