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Great Job!!! I'm heading out in the morning. Did you use a blind?
Beautiful Bird...What's your setup? :thumbsup:
Nice bird, lets hear the story?
Nice bird. What bow is that I really like the color.
Congratulation don't leave us hanging for the story.Where in SC do you hunt? I'm going for one tomorrow on the waccamaw with my kayak. :thumbsup:
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nice bird congrats :thumbsup: :clapper:
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Very nice bird!
Congratulations.
That's great stuff son! Way to go. What are you shoot'n?
Very nice!
Congrats and like said, lets hear the story! :thumbsup:
Nice bird, Congrats :clapper:
Doug,
That is just AWESOME!
I am the guy from Ohio who you shot with last summer at Mike's...
Can't wait to hear the story. I also like that bow.
CONGRATS!
Congrats on a fine dirty bird. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice shooting Doug. Good looking stick too. Hoots?
Good looking bird, Interceptor. Congrat's.
Great Bird, congrats.
Curious about your bow? It looks like we could get along quite well.
Looks like a hoots bow. Very nice looking bird, congrats!
Yeah Doug!!! :thumbsup: beautiful bird bud.
Very nice Doug!!!
Thanks guys! I shot this bird out of a Double Bull. The bow is a Hoots 56 inch recurve, 54@28. Arrows are CX Heritage 250s tipped with 190 Interceptors. Shot at 12:10. He came in without a sound. Also used a string tracker. Shot him out of the back flap window of the blind at 8 yards. 8 inch beard, 1 inch spurs, 21.6 lbs.
Sweet bird, beautiful bow.
That's great!!! Congrats. God bless.
Congrats!! :notworthy:
Nice work!
Congrats Doug on taking a nice bird. Hopefully another will fall to your arrow before season ends.
Tony
Congrats on the Thunder Chicken!
Bisch
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Most-excellent!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Doug, :thumbsup:
Very nice!
Just took a moment from admiring your bird and realized...gasp!!!....that you didn't tell the story on how you came to get this awesome bird...come on Man!!!
Double bull, back window, came in silent, and......
How did you call him in..ect, details,details, we need details. :readit: Nice stretch neck,congrats :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :coffee:
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Bravo!
nice bird...congrats
Nice bird, give us the story.
Where are you in SC ? I'm near Darlington.
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Well done. Congratulations.
Way to go! Beautiful Bird! Shooting through the back window? Way to make it happen!
nice bow and bird!
Very nice!
Nice Bird, Congrats.
Congrats. Nice bird.
Sweet good eatin right there!
Very nice Thunder Chicken!! :clapper: :clapper:
04/03/13. The third day would start at the river. I pulled up to the gate and rambled through my key ring trying to find the key. The river is a small track my son's godfather owns. As a group, we have hunted the land for over 20 years. And in that time, I have learned how the turkeys move through the area. So this morning, I have a spot in mind. Normally, the birds walk the road along the top of the ridge. And when you look to both sides of the road, you see Turkey scratching. So I place the ground blind just off the side and the decoy in the dirt road. Into the blind I go. I check the cell phone, 7:35 am. The wind was up and not a gobble to be heard. But Im warm and comfortable so I am prepared to sit it out. So for the next four hours, I called sparingly, listened, read my bible, and checked my email via cell phone. Ground blinds have made all of this possible. So even with cool temps and fluctuatind winds, the morning was enjoyable. A great way to spend spring break. Around 11:45, I start to question whether I should pack up at 12:00. The wind had calmed but I had not heard a bird all morning. I decided to give it till 1:00 and then I would pack up. So I continued to call, listen, and read. Around 12:10, I'm checking my email and all of a sudden I hear a scratching sound behind my blind. I peek out the net window three times before I locate the source of the noise. A long beard had quietly worked his way in from behind. He had spotted the decoy in the road but was not sure about my blind. I picked up the recurve and peeked out the window. The bird continued to move closer to my position and I was hoping that he would commit to the decoy and step out into the road. This would bring him in front of the blind for the shot. But the bird had different plans. Not far from the blind, he began to drift to his right which would put the bird behind my blind. Earlier, I had cleaned all of the leaves from the floor of the grounds blind. This allowed me to stand up without detection and open of the back port windows. It became obvious that the bird was going to pass less than ten feet behind my blind. A 2 ft shooting lain was created by the side of my blind and a small tree. The angle was steep but it was all I had. As the bird walked past the tree, I came to full draw. The bird took one step then turned his back. I picked a spot on his back and let the string slip from my fingers. It was like watching a movie in slow motion, then having someone hit the play button. The big Interceptor tipped arrow struck the mark and the bird rolled over and took off!For a second, line peeled off the string tracker. But then the line detached from the arrow when the bird ran through some scrub brush. Now my excitement is turning to nervous energy. The bird took flight and because the arrow had a white wrap and big yellow feathers, I could follow him through the trees as he took flight. The shot looked good and I got great penetration. The bird flew over the trees head down the hollow. When he disappeared, I left the ground blind headed down the hollow in the same direction. Just some fourty yards down the hollow, I found him piled up. I couldn't containy excitement. I stood in the hollow giving thanks to the Lord for the mornings success. After packing the bird all my equipment back to the truck, I took the bird over to the Southern Outfitter in Boiling Springs for weighing. His stats are an 8 inch beard, 1 inch spurs, and he weighed 21.6 lbs.
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Great story, thanks for sharing your hunt with us.
CONGRATS Doug :thumbsup: Thats one AWESOMEEEE trophy :archer2:
fantastic
Outstanding,RC.
Beautiful! It was that quiver I sold you that sealed the deal.
Congrats!
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Great story...Congrats!
Well done!
That is awesome, congrats!
great story and crazy close!! a stealth bird!
Really cool. Thanks for sharing. What part of cackalacky?