It’s been a special week for the Mossy Oak family as Mr. Fox killed a turkey of his own for the 2025 spring season. It’s been 3 years since his last turkey, a bird many folks assumed would be his last.
However, when he woke up feeling good this past week, the Haas family put their plan into action to get Mr. Fox, now age 94, to the turkey woods one more time.
The Mossy Oak team posted an announcement of the hunt on their Facebook page on Friday.
Well, we never thought it would happen again. But here we are. Three years after Mr. Fox’s last turkey, back near the same spot we call “Fox’s Corner.” To paraphrase Col. Tom Kelly, Mr. Fox sat there waiting, gun up, and heart thundering, and said to himself what he’s said on every single occasion: “I’m glad I lived to see it one more time.”
At 94 years old, Mr. Fox squeezed the trigger on an old gobbler, one more time.
Neill (grandson of Mr. Fox) has always been known as an ace blind builder, but he took this golf cart to another level of invisible. Mr. Fox woke up feeling good, and a willing long beard took care of the rest.
Getting Mr. Fox with his back against a tree again has been impossible for three years. But a creative setup and a morning with a little “handling” from the other side, made it possible.
We got him back home to Mrs. Evelyn, hung his turkey from his closet door, and the rest is history.
A big congrats to the Mossy Oak family on one more turkey tag notched and sweet memories made in the late season of life for Mr. Fox.
