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Title: CO Turkey - Hit and Miss.......... (read miss then hit)
Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 10:39:00 PM

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 10:55:00 PM

The season here in CO started on Saturday, but had a few irons in the fire so didn't get out until Sunday morning.

5 AM found me and my friend Sean in the blind over looking a pasture and small farm house.

We had set up as we do each year in an ambush spot along the feeding route of the birds that call this little farm home.

Had this little visitor...

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:17:00 PM

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:18:00 PM

They were roosted just where we wanted them...

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:21:00 PM

They soon deceded from their roost to begin the morning ritual.

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:23:00 PM

Before too long, we had a nice group of hens out in front of us feeding along, witht the Toms soon to follow...

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:26:00 PM

Here the Toms came...

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:27:00 PM

So close but yet so far away...

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Post by: FerretWYO on April 11, 2010, 11:28:00 PM

Looking good.

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:42:00 PM

As they milled around for 20 min or so, I just could not get a good clear shot at any of the toms and tey soon cycled out of distance with us left only to watch their display.

We soon thought that our chance had left when from behind we hear the unmistakable sound of ruffling feathers...

This guy ducked under the fence at about 8 yrds and all I got was feathers to show for my efforts... Sorry for the poor vid quality, but it was with my dig cam..... The shot looks good from the vid, but feathers were all I got, and he started strutting again just a few minutes after the shot......All I could do was watch!

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:49:00 PM

Earlier in the week we had seen a large bodied Tom with a small blonde beard that trickled out into a rusty color. Not the longbeard we all hope to get but a neat trophy all the same. We nicknamed him "Blondie"...

As we sat and watched the birds from afar I could only hang my head in disbelief from just missing one of the bigger birds we had seen all morning.

I started a short calling sequence in hopes of drawing back a lone tom.

Soon afterward we heard from behind us the unmistakable sound of ruffling feathers again....

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Post by: Over&Under on April 11, 2010, 11:55:00 PM

Much to our surprise it was Blondie!

He ducked the fence to my left and Sean turned on the camera.....

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Post by: motorhead7963 on April 12, 2010, 12:00:00 AM

Cool pics and video, I'll be headin out this next week to make a try at my second turkey this season but this time with BOW in hand,got all my equipment dialed in, now just have to connect!!

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 12:02:00 AM

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 12:03:00 AM

At the scene

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 12:05:00 AM

Snuffer did its job

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 12:09:00 AM

Me and my trophy "Blondie"

I was shooting a 58" Firefly Longbow 54@28 Vapor shaft with 100 grain insert and 125 grain snuffer on the business end. Yukon Tracks Blind.

A special Thanks to my friend Sean for letting my hunt with him and for his excellent camera work :wavey:

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Post by: Ray_G on April 12, 2010, 01:59:00 AM

:thumbsup: to a good hunt

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Post by: tradtusker on April 12, 2010, 02:24:00 AM

Fantastic stuff Jacob
thanks for sharing

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Post by: BlacktailBowhunter on April 12, 2010, 02:25:00 AM

Great story and pics.

Very nice bird. Congrats.

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Post by: Guru on April 12, 2010, 05:40:00 AM

Congrats Jake!! :thumbsup:

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Post by: Mudd on April 12, 2010, 05:57:00 AM

Nice!! Congratulations!!

One week from today and I'll be waiting for the sun to come up outside instead of sitting here at the computer at this hour.

Thanks for sharing!

God bless,Mudd

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Post by: Ray on April 12, 2010, 06:35:00 AM

:clapper: excellant

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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on April 12, 2010, 07:17:00 AM

:thumbsup:

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Post by: swp on April 12, 2010, 07:32:00 AM

:bigsmyl:

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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on April 12, 2010, 08:14:00 AM

Congratulations Nice Bird.

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Post by: PaPaFrank on April 12, 2010, 08:40:00 AM

A BIG CONGRATS!!! :bigsmyl: Thanks for taking us along!

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Post by: Chris Surtees on April 12, 2010, 08:46:00 AM

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Post by: Charlie Lamb on April 12, 2010, 08:48:00 AM

I just love seeing more guys accepting the challenge of turkey hunting. Seeing success is even better.

Way to go buddy!!!

Oh yeah!! Nice story and pics.

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Post by: shortstroke 91 on April 12, 2010, 08:48:00 AM

You have my respect sir, Thursday morning I missed the only tom I've ever shot at with a bow.
On a side note, my buddy shot one last year that was solid rust red with blonde tips.

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Post by: KentuckyTJ on April 12, 2010, 09:09:00 AM

Now that's awesome, great stuff. Thanks for uploading all Jake. Is it normal for them to have a blond beard like that? Never seen that before.

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Post by: kbetts on April 12, 2010, 09:22:00 AM

Very cool trophy.

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Post by: Smallwood on April 12, 2010, 09:53:00 AM

:wavey: :clapper:

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 10:19:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Now that's awesome, great stuff. Thanks for uploading all Jake. Is it normal for them to have a blond beard like that? Never seen that before.

Thanks for the kind words everyone, it was more than exciting and I can't wait to do it again!

Tom - I don't think it is, but I'm no expert. This was the first one I had ever seen.

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Post by: rastaman on April 12, 2010, 10:22:00 AM

:thumbsup: Congratulations and thank you sir!

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Post by: kadbow on April 12, 2010, 10:48:00 AM

Way to go Jake! Steve and I went out Saturday. No blind, public land and a couple of decoys, amazingly I got a shot. Unfortunately my top limb hit a branch and my arrow wobbled 3 feet over the back of a nice Tom. Oh well. Congrats again.

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Post by: ishiwannabe on April 12, 2010, 11:36:00 AM

Excellent my friend!!

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Post by: mnbwhtr on April 12, 2010, 11:37:00 AM

I shot an Eastern here in MN a few years ago that had a blond beard also. About 3 inchs long on a bird that should have been a 3 year old. I was TOLD, told not me saying, it but it was probably an electic fence that caused it to burn off and turn color. I was also TOLD it could have been frozen off as we had a cold winter. That's the one I had seen before now. Congrats!

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Post by: Over&Under on April 12, 2010, 11:50:00 AM

Mark

At least you had a good excuse for your miss, I just failed to pick a good spot. Best of luck to you and Steve for the remainder of the season!

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Post by: twitchstick on April 12, 2010, 01:14:00 PM

:notworthy: :clapper:

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Post by: sunny hill archer on April 12, 2010, 03:35:00 PM

:notworthy: :notworthy:

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Post by: Tater 2 on April 12, 2010, 03:36:00 PM

Jake,

Congradulations,on a very unique Bird!

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Post by: cacciatore on April 12, 2010, 03:52:00 PM

Congrats Jacob,very enjoyable videos and story.

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Post by: Fritz on April 12, 2010, 04:04:00 PM

Very cool trophy! Thanks for the pics and story. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Post by: StanM on April 12, 2010, 04:37:00 PM

Awesome, Jake, congratulations! :thumbsup:

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Post by: FerretWYO on April 12, 2010, 05:21:00 PM

Good stuff.

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Post by: steadman on April 12, 2010, 06:24:00 PM

Congrats Jake!! Great bird!

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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 12, 2010, 09:50:00 PM

Jake,

That's great. Looks like a great place! Good hunting :D

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Post by: Steve O on April 12, 2010, 10:25:00 PM

Jake...SWEET!!!

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Post by: JDinPA on April 12, 2010, 10:29:00 PM

Awesome job. I love the blond beard, I've never seen one like that.

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Post by: Gator1 on April 12, 2010, 10:35:00 PM

Way to Go..

:notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

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Post by: Colotrad on April 12, 2010, 10:48:00 PM

Nice shooting Jake! :clapper:

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Post by: highPlains on April 12, 2010, 10:56:00 PM

Awesome job Jake!

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Post by: Straight Shootin' on April 12, 2010, 11:55:00 PM

Awesome, thanks for sharing! :thumbsup:

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Post by: Mint on April 13, 2010, 03:17:00 PM

Congrats!

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Post by: Guru on April 13, 2010, 05:00:00 PM

The blonde beard is a melanin deficiency in the beard during that stage of the growing period of the bird. Usually caused by some sort of stressfull time in a turkeys life...disease,etc...

The lack of melanin makes the beard brittle, which causes them to sometimes break, hence the shortness of the beard on a mature bird.

Very cool bird Jake!

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Post by: Over&Under on April 13, 2010, 06:30:00 PM

Curt

Thanks for the science behind the beard, very interesting.

I didn't notice any other signs of trauma like scares, etc, but early one he could have fought a disease or something like that. All in all a very healthy looking bird otherwise inside and out.

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Post by: K.S.TRAPPER on April 13, 2010, 08:56:00 PM

Cool bird :bigsmyl: Congrats and great picks :thumbsup:

Tracy

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Post by: imhntn on April 13, 2010, 09:09:00 PM

Great story and pictures and the video is awesome. Congrats on a special bird.

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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on April 13, 2010, 10:23:00 PM

nice work great photos thanks for sharing

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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on April 14, 2010, 12:42:00 AM

Excellent!!! :thumbsup:

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Post by: rightminded on April 14, 2010, 07:27:00 PM

A real traditional bow hunting achievement.

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Post by: doubleo on April 14, 2010, 08:14:00 PM

A very unique trophy. Congrates

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Post by: wojo124 on April 14, 2010, 08:43:00 PM

nice shootin'!

Trad Gang

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