Took this pic this morning. I'll post up the story and more pics tonight after work.
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Congrats!
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I'm anxious to hear the story!
Congrats!! :campfire:
Haha awesome pic!!!
Nice, how it the world did that arrow stop with that little penetration. What head were you using?
Way to go!! Looks like that fella looking for love right out of tree. Sun's not up yet. Thats the way I like them. Can still make it to work on time.
Looking forward to the story!!!
nice shot. waiting for the story.
Oh yeah!!! Awesome job!
Way to go!!
Did the Turkey actually go down there or did you move it for the picture, cool picture either way.
Great! Now the story.
Gobble, wobble, fall. :thumbsup:
Sweet!
I wish I could see what everyone else apparently is looking at..lol I can guess that it's a gobbler. I'll have to come back after you get some daylight pictures.
God bless,Mudd
JIC: Congratulations anyway!
Mudd,
Clean your specs and look out beyond the decoy. The arrow sticking straight up outta the dead turkey is a clue. LOL
Mike
I gotta try this turkey thing... Great shot :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Mudd,
Clean your specs and look out beyond the decoy. The arrow sticking straight up outta the dead turkey is a clue. LOL
Mike
Hahaha It's too bad for me because I do have my glasses on and it still looks black to me.
God bless,Mudd
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Can't wait to "hear" the story! :thumbsup:
Mudd, i sent you a pm!
Well I started the season last Tuesday morning with a young man that has some physical handicaps. I really wanted to get him a bird and had 3 different good birds in front of him and he just could not keep still long enough to get a shot and spooked every one of them.
I didn't get a chance to go back out till Thursday morning and I just went to watch the birds and see where they were going. I picked a spot they frequent after fly down and saw 4 big birds there that morning so I went back out in the evening and put up my blind. Here is my spot.
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I was just sure that Friday morning would be a slam dunk for a shot but the birds came into the clearing and seemed spooky about the blind. I had not even set a decoy because they had walked right past that tree behind the blind every time I watched them. I did not even take a call with me that morning. I saw them but they went wide of the blind and walked about 30 yrds behind me. Much to far for my recurve skills. It was sure exciting though having 3 big toms gobbling around the blind. I got to go back for a Saturday evening hunt and set the hen decoy you see in the first pic about in the same spot and I set a jake decoy beside her looking her way. There were some guys out fishing and the pond is right behind the blind...I took the pic of the blind from the pond dam. I could still hear birds gobble up in the timber every once in awhile so I just kept quiet till the fishermen left. After I heard their truck leave, I gave a few yelps and some soft purrs and got a gobble. I called sparingly and heard a gobble every now and then but none seemed to be getting closer. All of a sudden, one gobbled right behind the blind and I looked around and what I think was probably the bird I eventually killed was coming to the decoys at about 50 yrds. About that time I hear a noise on the other side of the blind and there is a herd of cattle that have walked up and are sniffing the decoys and licking them. I threw a stick at them and they started sticking their nosed into the blind. A good whack with a limb of the black widow stopped that but I could not get them to leave the decoys alone and eventually the bird just walked off gobbling every now and then but would not come back with the cattle around...and they stayed till dark.
I decided to try it before work this morning and got up early to be in the blind well before light. I put just the hen decoy out about 6 yrds from the blind and waited. It was really still this morning and no moon. When they started gobbling on the roost, I think I could hear at least 3 toms close and a couple more off in the distance. I took my favorite slate call with me and sat down to wait. They flew down pretty early and were gobbling and the hens calling a couple hundred yards away...across the draw with all the cedars in it you can see out to the right side of the blind. I didn't call for a little while because they had been coming out into the meadow every morning anyway but when none showed for awhile, I yelped and purred softly about twice and just shut up. After about 5 minutes I heard a putt and looked up and a hen was running out of the cedars about 100 yards away and making a b-line for the blind. I grabbed the bow, a Black Widow SAII Greybark 62" 47# @ 27", and got ready just in case. Soon a big tom stepped out where she had come out and gobbled once and came hurrying after her strutting the whole way. The hen ran up to the decoy and started posturing and purring at it and eventually started pecking it in the head and flogging it. It is a hard plastic full body decoy and I had it stuck in the ground with spikes so she held her ground against the boss hen. The tom came on fast, popping his wings and drumming the whole way, and got through my first shooting windows before I could do anything. I got the bow up into position facing the hen and just knew she would see me as she was facing me and seemed to be looking my way but she was too busy with the decoy. When the tom strutted up behind the decoy, I picked a spot high on the back, held the anchor and the arrow took off on its own. The bird just collapsed as you see him in the picture....toppled like a tower onto his chest with his wings out to the sides and his head never came off the ground. He did not move a foot and barely wiggled a little. It broke his spine and went into his vitals and was over faster than I can type it. I could not believe it. This was my first trad turkey and I think I am more proud of it than any I ever got. He had a 9 1'2" beard and 1 1/4" spurs. I did not weigh him but would guess 18-20 lbs. I was using Gold Tip trad arrows with some extra weight on the front end and Magnus Stinger 100 gr. 2 blade heads. I guess going through the bone slowed the arrow down but the first pic is exactly as the bird fell with the arrow sticking straight up. The broadhead never went out of the other side of the chest cavity. Here are some pics in the daylight. Thanks for all the nice comments friends.
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Very Nice. Good going taking a kid out hunting too. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :notworthy:
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Can't wait to "hear" the story! :thumbsup:
Mudd, i sent you a pm!
Thank you!! It was a great picture once I could see it.
I really appreciate you lightening that up for me.
God bless,Mudd
Congrats!!!
Nice shot. Fire up the smoker :clapper:
Looks like he got the point as to whose house he's in. :thumbsup:
Nice job! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Congrats! :clapper:
Great job!!!
Way to go!!
Congrats!
Congrats, can't wait for WV season to open.
About as nice a view as one could want!
Way to go!
Josh
Fantastic Story!!! Well done!!
A great first trophy for sure!
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Awesome job thanks for the story and photos.