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Though there's been many deer after his first, Rob Keck says that doe was a trophy experience. (Courtesy Rob Keck)
By Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com
Rob Keck, the longtime CEO of the National Wild Turkey Federation who helped rebuild turkey populations across the U.S., is now Conservation Director on the RedHead Pro Hunting Team at Bass Pro Shops. His work with the NWTF earned him a position among the Hunting's 25 most influential personalities of the 20th Century. Following is his detailed recollection of his first hunt:
In 1962, in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, I was hunting with my dad. You had to wait until you were 12 years old in Pennsylvania before you could hunt, but of course, I went on many hunts before as just an onlooker.
It had snowed that day. Doe season was two days long and followed the...