Turner’s Twitchell sisters make the most of family hunting tradition

   November 24, 2017

TURNER — Addison Twitchell made it a three-for-three for the Twitchell girls when the 10-year-old got a spike-horn 120-pound deer on Nov. 14 while hunter with her grandfather, Gard S. Twitchell.

Addie was carrying on a family tradition, and was joined by sisters Ginny, 14, and Daisy, 13, who got their deer in October. All three girls got their deer in Turner this year. It was Addie’s first deer and her first year hunting, said her grandmother, Shirley Twitchell.

The girls, who are the daughters of Jessica and Gard C. Twitchell, are carrying on a family tradition of deer hunting and enjoy going to Grandpa’s hunting camp with their father, grandfather, uncles Jesse and Bart Twitchell, Gary Stevens, and Uncle Roger, Aunt Debi and Clint Gagnon.

Ginny Twitchell, 14, with her grandfather Gard S. Twitchell, left, father Gard C. Twitchell, right, and cousin Cling Gagnon, after she shot a 100-pound doe on Oct. 21, Youth Hunting Day. It was Ginny’s third deer since she started hunting in 2015. The family live in Turner. (Submitted photo)
Ginny, a freshman at Leavitt High School, got her deer, a 100-pound doe, on Youth Hunting Day, Oct. 21, while hunting with her father. It’s her third deer since she began hunting in 2015.

Daisy, an eighth-grader at Tripp Middle School, got a six-point, 170-pound buck. It’s also her third deer since she started hunting in 2015.

Daisy Twitchell, 13, with her grandfather Gard S. Twitchell, both of Turner, and the 170-pound six-point buck she shot on Oct. 28. It’s Daisy’s third deer since she began hunting in 2015. Hunting is a family tradition in the Twitchell family, and Daisy’s two sisters also got a deer this year. (Submitted photo)
Addie is a sixth-grader at Turner Primary School. The girls’ grandparents Dan and Jane Richardson also live in Turner.

TOP PHOTO: Addison Twitchell, 10, with her grandfather Gard S. Twitchell, and the 120 spike-horn deer she shot Nov. 14. It was Addie’s first deer, and it made a clean sweep for she and her two sisters, who also got deer this year. (Submitted photo)

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