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There's family rivalry, and then there's family rivalry.

For the Gurneys, father Richard and daughter Andrea, it went to new heights this week.

After poking, prodding, pleading and perplexion, Richard finally coaxed 11-year-old Andrea out for an hour-long turkey hunt on Maine's Youth Day last weekend. It took Andrea all of 50 minutes to shoot the 4th-heaviest tom in Maine's brief turkey hunting history.

The hunt started in earnest in 1995, the first year the state issued more than 500 permits to hunters.

Two days later, Richard shot a much smaller bird. That led to plenty of ribbing from his daughter.

"Maybe next time, Dad," she said.

Andrea's 24-pound, 6-ounce turkey scored an overall Maine Antler Skull and Trophy Club number of 64.125 -- far and away the clubhouse leader in the Youth category. Had she not shot off part of one of the bird's spurs, her turkey would have ranked even higher than its 27th on the traditional bird list.

Read the complete story in today's Kennebec Journal.