Post by: Guru on May 13, 2005, 09:18:00 AM
Believe my when I tell you I GOT LUCKY!!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/sony062.jpg)
16#,1" spurs, 9 1/2" beard...It's Prettyboy,the same bird I missed last Sat!!!
Post by: Littlefeather on May 13, 2005, 09:27:00 AM
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Post by: Ted A. Young on May 13, 2005, 09:44:00 AM
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Post by: Whip on May 13, 2005, 10:19:00 AM
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Post by: jgbennett6 on May 13, 2005, 11:21:00 AM
Post by: Huntrdfk on May 13, 2005, 11:25:00 AM
Way to go Curt!!! :thumbsup:
David
Post by: '46 on May 13, 2005, 12:10:00 PM
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Post by: Skinner on May 13, 2005, 01:43:00 PM
Skinner
Post by: LONGHORN on May 13, 2005, 01:56:00 PM
Nice bird.
Post by: SteveMcD on May 13, 2005, 03:26:00 PM
Post by: Chad Edgar on May 13, 2005, 03:37:00 PM
Post by: Meathook on May 13, 2005, 03:52:00 PM
The bird comes into the set up and Curt takes the shot only to miss again when the bird gets tangled in the string tracker line and strangles itself to death. While flopping on the ground virtually plucking itself trying to break free of the line it managed to hook a spur in its gut and clean itself too.
The hardest part was laying all the feathers back on the bird so Curt could get a picture.
Nice job Curt. You are the Guru. :D
Post by: Luke Vander Vennen on May 13, 2005, 03:57:00 PM
:thumbsup:
Post by: the Ferret on May 13, 2005, 05:12:00 PM
We need to get a selfbow into Guru's hands and spare some critters lives LOL
Congrats buddy, you are the Guru! :notworthy:
Post by: Huntrdfk on May 13, 2005, 05:38:00 PM
I don't think it would matter what he had in his hands, he is just a killin' machine.
:bigsmyl:
David
Post by: Guru on May 13, 2005, 05:51:00 PM
I honestly have a crying baby to tend too....so I'll be back later.........I promise :bigsmyl:
Post by: CDAY on May 13, 2005, 06:25:00 PM
We're just about out of time here and the birds are not responding well at all.
Post by: LAR43 on May 13, 2005, 07:24:00 PM
Larry
Post by: 3dmuzzy on May 13, 2005, 07:40:00 PM
Post by: trashwood on May 13, 2005, 07:53:00 PM
rusty
Post by: Shaun on May 13, 2005, 08:00:00 PM
Post by: woodchucker on May 13, 2005, 08:50:00 PM
Outstanding My Friend!!! Congratulations Curt!!!!!
Happy Hunting!!! Chuck
Post by: Shawn Leonard on May 13, 2005, 09:01:00 PM
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Post by: Walkingstick on May 13, 2005, 09:23:00 PM
Post by: Keith Deters on May 13, 2005, 09:48:00 PM
Looking for some luck myself tomorrow.
Keith
Post by: the Ferret on May 13, 2005, 11:11:00 PM
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Post by: joe skipp on May 14, 2005, 12:25:00 AM
Post by: Missouri CK on May 14, 2005, 12:37:00 AM
Wow! Way to make a great ending to a fabulous story.
You earned it. I can't think of a better way to end the turkey season than to try hard with several close calls and then to finally bag the best looking turkey in the bunch. Sounds like you couldn't have scripted it better than what happened.
Hat's off to you Curt,
Christopher
Post by: Danny Rowan on May 14, 2005, 04:05:00 AM
Danny
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 08:28:00 AM
I just got in from a great hunt.Had hens within feet of the blind,but Trainwreck and Splittail stayed just out of range.He came all the way back to the vineyard from where I shot at him yesterday,about 2 mi. north!!
...yesterdays hunt.....roosted the birds the night before,knew I had a killer set up.Had about a mile and a half walk to get to the spot.Set up my blind and within minutes they started to gobble,5:01,first gobble.Birds were bangin' away in the trees,I knew Splitail and Prettyboy were there,also sounded like a few jakes.As it got lighter a hen appeared about 100yds away in the field,coming from the south.She passed by at about 50yds and headed down the hill.I can tell the gobblers are on the ground now,so I scratch out a few clucks and yelps.They come right back at me..hard!! Now the hen reappeares and comes right to the decoys and hangs around a little.I'm figuring,"this is perfect,the boys will have to walk right by me to get to her.I can tell know the the gobblers are going to appear at any second...then there he is,Splittail and a second later comes Prettyboy.Here's a view of the setup from where they were looking(hen deke close,jake behind her)......
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...now the hen starts up toward the boys and they start down.At about 30yds she about faces and comes back down the hill.She is going to pass at about 12yds,but the boys are gonna at about 20yds. She goes by,here they come...not gonna get any closer..Splittail strutting by,at about 20...start to draw.............
Gotta cook pancackes...sorry............back soon
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 08:50:00 AM
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 09:38:00 AM
I wait an hour,with splittail gobbling once in a while to let me know they're still there.It's been an hour,I need to get to work,time to go look.I go to the first spot where he hit the cover and find this....
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..Splittail gobbles just over the hill,maybe 20yds away.I know he's right there somewhere,figuring he's dead(hoping anyway).I sneak around to the lower side,hear some loud putts and out goes a bird,running then flying fine.Figure it's splittail,but try to follow anyway just to make sure.But he's gone,so I go back to look for my bird.Go around the low side again(this patch is only 10-12yds wide),even look in with the Leica's,but see nothing.So now I'll follow the blood trail.I start in on that bloody spot again,go about 5yds,big commotion.....
Post by: Terry Green on May 14, 2005, 09:45:00 AM
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 10:43:00 AM
....This is the patch of cover the birds ran to...
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.....Up get prettyboy,goes off the little cliff...gets air under his wings somehow....struggles to get off the ground...but he makes it and off he flys!!! Not well,but he's out of sight in a heartbeat!!! I can't believe it,this can't be happening......
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 11:16:00 AM
Here's where I got REAL,REAL LUCKY!!!I clear the end of the wind row,look back at the edge of the woods(about 100yds) and see something black.Pick up my binos and see it's him,where he crash landed!! His head is up,but he a mess.Sit down to think about my next move.Look around and pick a course with my binos that I can sneek up to about 20yds of him.So I take off,hook my tracker up to another arrow.
As I get to about 20yds,he sees me and gets as flat to the ground as he can.He's slightly uphill,all I can see is a bit of his back.Since he knows I'm there and he's not running,I figure I might as well get as close as possible to him before I try another shot.I get to about 15yds,but can still just barely see his back.I raise up as high as I can,and try a shot to break his back...arrow just takes feathers off his back,he trys to get away but can't,and I am on him in a second...I had him!!!!!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/sony060.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/sony063.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/Guru39/sony075.jpg)
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look what came out of the woods while I was taking pictures...
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Who says Friday the 13th isn't a lucky day????
Post by: Warren H. Womack on May 14, 2005, 11:59:00 AM
Congratulations on a fine job and a great bird, the hard way.
Post by: Guru on May 14, 2005, 12:30:00 PM
Nolz,you're absolutly right!!! Had I have shot him in the woods,I probably wouldn't have found him without the string tracker. I said I got luckey...I wasn't lyin'!!!!
Warren, Thanks Bud
Thinking back on my first shot,I guess I wasn't concentrating like I should have been.Because if I was,I wouldn't have remembered all the detail(him going slick while I drew).I think if I was concentrating on my spot like I should have.I wouldn't have remembered all that. Something I need to work on :knothead: .
All of my best shots I don't remember anything but the arrow striking!!
Thinking back again( I do alot of that,trying to learn from experience I guess),as most of you know a turkey can't fly if he can't use his legs to push off.I wonder if that bird positioned himself on that tiny cliff just to try to get enough air under his wings to try to get away.It would have been over right there had it not been for that.
By the way,the shot took him broadside into the near thigh/drumstick juntion,through the bottom of his breast,into a bit of gut,and cut the hell out of the muscle on the off drumstick. The Snuffer did a lot of damage.That's why I like them big Snuffers,for those less than perfect hits.I love the Woodsmans,I've used them successfully on turkeys before,but I'll stick with my Snuffers for turkeys.Woodsmans for everything else!!!
Post by: B.O.D. on May 14, 2005, 12:40:00 PM
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Congratulations!!!
Post by: Huntrdfk on May 14, 2005, 10:08:00 PM
David
Post by: Mudfeather on May 14, 2005, 10:21:00 PM
You call it luck-- i'm not sure that is what it is. I like determination and a plan. I especially liked the "sit down and plan" comment.
See Ya!!
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on May 15, 2005, 10:17:00 PM
Post by: Guru on May 15, 2005, 10:21:00 PM
I know the guys from DB are real happy with the Matrix.
Post by: bishs on May 16, 2005, 12:27:00 PM
This year I bought black window covers from Double Bull, for my T5 recurve model. They slide right over your existing window flaps. The window coverings are black when viewing the windows from the outside. You can open the windows, with turkeys around you and they don't notice, since it looks black also when the windows are open. I had 3 jakes 10 yards away, and opened and closed the window 5 times and they never noticed.
Post by: Guru on May 16, 2005, 06:55:00 PM
Wish I would have taken pix of the damage the Snuffer did......It still amazes me that this bird was alive after 1 1/2 hrs!!
Interesting idea about the black window flaps.Them boys from DB are always thinking
Post by: Shawn Leonard on May 16, 2005, 08:39:00 PM
Post by: Guru on May 16, 2005, 08:59:00 PM
Post by: Guru on May 17, 2005, 10:30:00 PM
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Post by: ApplePie on May 18, 2005, 09:19:00 AM
Post by: JC on May 18, 2005, 11:20:00 AM
Post by: Guru on May 18, 2005, 04:24:00 PM
Nolz......... :smileystooges: :knothead:
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