Well since the weather has been hot and the Elk in my area seem to have a bad case of stage fright I thought I would go chase deer this a.m.. Apparently, the elk and deer got together and the deer came up with the same case of stage fright and were pretty scarce also! I was actually headed back to the house when I notice some turkeys about 300 yards away in a creek bottom heading for some hay fields. With nothing left to lose I quickly turn the truck around and drove about a 1/4 mile back up the road, gathered my gear and set out to ambush the birds at the hay field. It took about 30-40 minutes to sneek into position and I wasn't sure the birds were still there. About the time I was thinking they had headed somewhere else another truck stop in the road right where I had. I thought he had some how spotted me sitting against the hay stack, it looked like he was looking at me anyway. Just as quickly as he stopped he took off again. I figured I miss the birds and stood up to peek over a small rise. Well, of course the birds were RIGHT THERE! They started to putt and move out, I quick like focused on the closest bird,about 15 yards, and shot a hole dead center in her! She went about 10 yards and pulled herself under a bush and died. I had not realized that she was just a youngin' until I picked her up. I was pretty happy though and I got to use my new knife to clean her up. I used a J.K. traditions "Kanati" 58lbs @ 28", cedar arrow with 145 grn. ACE standard head.
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Nice job, that should be some great eatin! :thumbsup:
Way to go :thumbsup:
That is just fantastic! Nice knife too!
Nathan
Congrats :thumbsup:
congrats and nice shootin!
Very nice indeed. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Flint
Congradulations! Hap
Congrats, way to make it happen :thumbsup:
Way to go
Congrats the little one are good eatin'
Good shooting !!
"You call that a knife ???" LOL..That's a heck of a turkey knife.
What movie was that line out of??
I think your knife is plenty big enough :biglaugh:
Good Shootin!
sandwhich meat
Good eating there.
"Crocodile Dundee" Pat.
OUTSTANDING :thumbsup:
Congratulations !
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Congrats!!! meat is meat and a kill is a kill.<><
Thanks All. I am always happy when I get a Turkey, they are a blast to chase. When I was a kid we didn't have any around here and then it was only about 10 years ago that you could hunt them.
Stic, the knife worked great! Not much to work on, but I had no issues with it that is for sure.
Jason
Way to keep at it!!
Congrats on a well deserved fall bird!!!
I know what you mean about the elk haveing stage fright!!
Congratulations, Jason! Good shooting and great story. I heard a bunch of birds today while I was out hanging stands. I've been wanting one of those young ones; they gotta be great on the table.
Congrats on a great kill!
good onya mate and i love the bow does it have a website?
well done congrats! nice looking bow you got there! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Back'o'bourke the website is - http://www.jkbows.com/
Very nice shooting bows. :thumbsup:
Congratulation! :clapper:
Good shootin Jason.
Congrats!
NIce Job man, Havnt seen any turkeys yet by me, maybe in a few weeks.. Nice job