Went out this morning, basically to do some scouting for deer, but on the way in, I noticed a flock of Merriams in a meadow. I went on my merry way, and saw a couple of small bucks, but got to thinking about the turkeys and if I might be able to put a stalk on them. I slowly moved in their direction, and spotted them in a big meadow, but they were moving my way, so a plan was formed; a deep ditch was between me and them, and I used it to advantage.
After about a 30 minute stalk, I got to within 20 yards or so of the bunch. Peeking over the berm of the ditch, I saw the closest bird, drew the bow, and stood up. My arrow was only going to clear the ditch by a few inches if I made a good shot, so I had to block that from my mind. Actually picking a spot, I concentrated on the hen and let fly. The shot severed her neck, and she dropped on the spot.
A tender young bird that will be some fine eating.
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great shot Pat... love the photo!
Way to go! That is an awesome photo!
Outstanding! I have a goal to get a Thanksgiving bird this fall. Nice shooting.
-Jeremy :coffee:
Good job Pat. You take nice pictures. Ken
you take some great photos pat! I wish you would post more of them...
Way to go!
Great job Pat!! As said before that photo is amazing!! Well done on both accounts :thumbsup:
Great shot! & well done on the pic!
Very Cool Photo! If that would have been me I'd have placed those breasts right in a baking bag and fired up the oven! :goldtooth:
Congratulations! A good hunter takes advantage of his situation and you certainly did that by changing your plans. Way to go!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go, Pat!
Congrats on your bird!
Bisch
Great shooting and a super pic!
Good job Pat!
Nice shoot'n Pat, great pic :thumbsup: :archer2:
Congrats Pat
:thumbsup: :notworthy:
Very nice, Awesome pic.
Tom
Nicely done and great pics!!
Very nice! Congrats.
Cool, congrats! Did you doctor the pic in PB? Looks great!
Nice bird and awesome photo! Way to go!!!
Damon,
I have a High Dynamic Range program that I used for that pic. I also shot it at 800 ISO to give it a grainy appearance.
Congrats!
Way to go bud!!
Awesome turkey Pat! Love to see the Hills harvesting animals. :thumbsup:
Awesome harvest...congrats...
Previous attempts this fall have produced no shot opportunities....guided a ten yr old girl this weekend on a Sportsman's for Christ hunt....was able to call birds well
w/I turkey bow range 4 times that day....perhaps my turn will be in the morning.
That's awesome and that's a great picture
NICE!! :clapper: :clapper:
Great photo! Congrats on your success.
Congrats Pat. I concur with the rest about the fantastic photo!
Thanks, Pat, I'll have to see if my computer savvy girlfriend can hook that up for me...