Took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself tonight. I was about 15 feet up a tree and about 50 turkeys were scratching and making all kinds of ruckus out in front of me. A group of 5 finally moved to within 15 yards and I was able to move verwy, verwy, sloowwllyy and get a shot off on the biggest hen in range. Broke the wing going in and must've heart shot it because it flopped about 5 feet and died. I 12 ringed the big hen! Lucky shot! Can't hit a big deer in the vitals at that range, but I can kill the wariest animal in the woods - doesn't make any sense to me. Anyway, the turkeys were making so much ruckus I didn't even hear or see two nice mature does sneak in on me. After I shot the turkey they ran off a little. Didn't spook but they didn't like the commotion and wouldn't come near me. The turkey died right in the trail I was watching and don't you know 3 more nice freezer specimens show up and wouldn't come into my shooting lane because there was a dead turkey blocking their way. Oh well, really proud of the turkey and the lucky shot!
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I was wondering when your first post would show up(of the season)...Congrats on the bird. I managed to scare one really well a few days ago!
Nice shot.
Fall turkeys are a blast to watch and a blast to hunt. Congrats on a nice bird.
Congrats!!! Been wanting to get one for a while now, she is a trophy!
nice turkey :clapper: :clapper:
:thumbsup: :clapper:
good job!!! .. looks like an early Thanksgiving dinner to me.. I'll be waiting on the deer pics. :archer:
Nice bird :notworthy:
Way to go Terry! Makes for a short tracking job when you hit them like that! :thumbsup:
David
Thanks everyone! I forgot to add that I was shooting a TimberHawk Falcon Takedown Longbow at 66#s, Easton Legacy arrow tipped with a Rothhaar Snuffer.
Jamie, I've been a little picky lately. Had a button buck try to commit suicide this morning. He was 3 ft from the base of my tree and then finally wandered off. About 15 minutes later he came back and I grunted to see what he'd do. He just stood there until a coyote came charging in and ran him off. Tried to squeak to stop the coyote for a shot but it came out more like a sick guinea pig. I hunted Indiana and had a doe just about pull me out of my treestand when it got tangled in my pull rope. Saw 5 P&Y caliber bucks and had one just on the edge of my range at 25 yards, but he stayed in some brush. I'm now on a meat quest and any NY deer 1.5 or older is fair game. Had a devil buck at about 30 yards yesterday. Saw a really nice buck standing guard over a doe bedding in an open pasture. They are getting frisky. Tomorrow morning should be awesome. Heading back to Indiana on Thursday next week. Good luck everyone!
CONGRATULAIONS Terry!!!!!!!!!! :clapper:
Congrats on the turkey!
Nice bird Terry.Blake
Nice bird. Luck favors the well prepared, you did everything right on that one.
Good shooting...congratulations on the turkey.
Gotta love turkey on the arrow! Congrats!!
Way to go buddy! :clapper:
Good job, Terry, Don't you hate it when things like that happen? I don't but maybe you do.
Good job!!!
Just curious, is that all the penetration you got? I've only shot one turkey with my bow and it was from the ground so I expected my arrow to zip right through but it didn't. About half an arrow out each side. I always hear guys wanting to shoot a head that won't blow through a turkey but it seems like when you see pictures of bow killed turkeys or video, partial penetration is the norm.
Good job. Those buggars are hard to draw on. I'll be at it in the morning.
Dave, I'm shooting 66# and an arrow over 650 grains and the arrow didn't punch all the way through. It broke the wing bone going in and seems to have stopped on the outside. Took out all the vitals. This was at 15 yards. I was using a 125 gr Snuffer. Turkeys are tough. I've arrowed 6 or 7 now and have never shot through one.
Congratulations buddy, nice shot! You are having a great year.
Congrats :thumbsup:
Way to go bud.
My lucky shooting continued this morning and I was able to put two arrows exactly where I wanted them. The new TimberHawk Falcon T/D is shooting really good. I was able to take both these deer before work this morning. Made it into the office by 9 AM. My wife gave me very specific instructions to get us some more deer meat and to NOT shoot a big buck. I actually had a nice 2.5 year old buck in view when I shot the spike! Full story is in the NY Southern Zone thread.
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Wow man!
Congrats on three nice shots!!
Man Terry your future book keeps getting thicker and thicker.Congradulations on your bird and pair of deer.