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Title: VT Gobbler down( with video)
Post by: Steve Leffler on May 01, 2013, 11:38:00 AM: So i was lucky to take a nice VT bird this am and caught the action on my small POV cam that was hooked to the side of my blind. The bird was alone and came from a long ways off. Once he saw my dekes he quickly committed and you can see he tried to give my jake a beat down. He weighed 18 lbs 11 oz and had 1 1/4 spurs. It was a beautiful morning to be out. I took him with a Simmons land shark and my trusty BW. I will say that I have had amazing success on turkeys using land sharks. It just puts em down. I used guru's string tracker set up which has worked great for me. Luckily wasn't needed in this case as he only went about 40 yards.

(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m14/p143297/th_MAH00307_zpscec5cc11.jpg) (http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m14/p143297/MAH00307_zpscec5cc11.mp4)
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Post by: HuronArcher on May 01, 2013, 11:46:00 AM: Super job and congrats. I liked the last little "death pull" of the string :thumbsup:
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Post by: joebuck on May 01, 2013, 12:18:00 PM: It's just an old habit now !!!! Congrats
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on May 01, 2013, 12:22:00 PM: congrats on a huge Tom.
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Post by: joe vt on May 01, 2013, 12:23:00 PM: Way to go Steve!!! And what a beautiful back ground view you had this morning.
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Post by: steadman on May 01, 2013, 01:26:00 PM: Nice :thumbsup:
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Post by: on May 01, 2013, 01:26:00 PM: Nice video and congrats on the tom!

I love seeing that string tracker line run out after I shoot something.

Bisch
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Post by: 3Feathers on May 01, 2013, 01:36:00 PM: Thats great thanks for sharing,beautiful tom.............
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Post by: swp on May 01, 2013, 01:44:00 PM: Nice job!!
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Post by: Wannabe1 on May 01, 2013, 02:00:00 PM: Congratulations and a great hunt and the ability to catch it on film! :thumbsup:
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Post by: Keith Zimmerman on May 01, 2013, 02:03:00 PM: Great job and Thanks for posting! Congrats!
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Post by: JEFF B on May 01, 2013, 03:31:00 PM: congrats!! nice vid :clapper:
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Post by: lt-m-grow on May 01, 2013, 03:34:00 PM: Congrats and nice video
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Post by: djohnson on May 01, 2013, 03:35:00 PM: Congratulations! :thumbsup:
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Post by: VTer on May 01, 2013, 04:42:00 PM: Nice job Steve.....again! So the camera was on the outside of your blind? Hows that work?
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 01, 2013, 06:46:00 PM: Thanks everybody.
Greg I hooked it to the side window with a flexible camera tri- pod and just leaned it out the window. I could just reach over and turn it on and off as needed. Here is the hero shot.

(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m14/p143297/turkey_zpsfdec432a.jpg) (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/p143297/media/turkey_zpsfdec432a.jpg.html)
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Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on May 01, 2013, 08:44:00 PM: dont you just love it when that string takes off?

nice shooting
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Post by: RC on May 01, 2013, 08:50:00 PM: Good job.RC
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Post by: TimDougan on May 01, 2013, 09:31:00 PM: :bigsmyl: :thumbsup:
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Post by: jonsimoneau on May 02, 2013, 10:57:00 AM: Great video Steve and great shot! How far was the shot?
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 02, 2013, 11:17:00 AM: Jon, It was 8 yards. I like turkeys close. :)
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Post by: Buemaker on May 02, 2013, 03:34:00 PM: Congratulations and an interesting video. Bue--. :)
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Post by: kbetts on May 02, 2013, 03:40:00 PM: I love it when the string goes and goes and then just stops....
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Post by: tracker12 on May 02, 2013, 03:44:00 PM: Can you show a pic of the string tracker setup. After loosing a bird this year I am thinking I may have to set one up.
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 02, 2013, 06:17:00 PM: Tracker,
There is a thread in the how-to section from guru that explains how to do it. My set up is identical to that. I drill a hole in the front of my quiver and screw the tracker in. I will take a picture.
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Post by: T-Bowhunter on May 02, 2013, 07:55:00 PM: Great Job, nice video.
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Post by: maineac on May 02, 2013, 08:23:00 PM: Fantastic!! Hope to see how landsharks work here in Maine. Just need a tom without hens. Congrats!!!
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Post by: hitman on May 02, 2013, 09:25:00 PM: That was a great video and turkey.
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Post by: Butchie on May 03, 2013, 08:26:00 AM: Nice! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: VT Gobbler down( with video)
Post by: Steve Leffler on May 03, 2013, 12:51:00 PM: Here is a picture of my string tracker set up and you can see the camera in the widow.

(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m14/p143297/photo-7_zpsc3d02809.jpg) (http://s100.photobucket.com/user/p143297/media/photo-7_zpsc3d02809.jpg.html)