Long beard with my RER Retro!
I was hunting this morning, thinking it was too hot, too windy, and too BLAH to expect any deer movement, but I was there an hour before daylight anyway. I was right about the deer, but as luck would have it, a flock of longbeards happened by right by my spot on the ground in my Huntmore chair and blind.
I didn't wait but a second to come to full draw and drill the one with the longest beard right through the heart with a Magnus I! I may shoot 4-blade Stingers primarily, but the old flying hatchet proved it still has what it takes. He died on the spot, with barely so much as a flop. Devastating! My first gobbler with any weapon. I have some pretty jealous hunting buddies today, haha!
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good shot of the bird and the weapon of choice.
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and of course, the carnage. complete pass-through.
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VERY nice!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good looking bow too. Like the saying goes,..... " the harder you work, the luckier you will be." :archer2:
Dang, that's awesome man!
Congrats, that's quite a trophy. :clapper:
Very nice .. congrats on your bird!!
Awesome congrats !
Cool stuff. Pretty turkey taken with a pretty bow. :thumbsup:
A fine trophy.
Good job bro, I to am jealous! Ha............. :thumbsup:
Very nice bird and a beautiful weapon of choice, Congrats
Good work! I have a RER XR. It's my favorite bow. What arrows are you using?
Nice plumage! Congrats!
QuoteOriginally posted by Sirius Black:
Good work! I have a RER XR. It's my favorite bow. What arrows are you using?
Goldtip Hunter XT's. 7595s, 250+grains up front (100grain brass inserts). they fly really well. yep, I really love my RER too!
Beautiful pictures! Congratulations on an outstanding trophy! :thumbsup: I really like your bow choice also!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
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Very cool. Great pic. Absolutely beautiful bow. Congrats!
thanks, guys! I'm still pumped up. the bow is Tigerwood (a.k.a. goncalo alves) and wenge in the riser, and Tigerwood lams on the limbs, in case anyone was wondering.
Congrats on a formative trophy! Gotta love turkey hunting!
Beautiful bird! Congrats!
Congratulations on the turkey and a fine looking recurve... :thumbsup:
update: I took the turkey to a friend who is an amateur (but very good) taxidermist. We skinned it out and found that, not only was the meat all still good (I was afraid it might not be since I didn't field dress the bird out of fear of messing up its feathers), but he skinned it out and made a "cape" for a mount.
basically, it will be the wings completely spread out, the entire back feathers, and the tail fan, all spread out into a magnificent display, kind of like a shield! I don't have a lot of experience with turkeys, but he was impressed at how big it was (thing weighed 20 pounds, 9" beard), and the wingspan was 4 feet across easily. it is going to look amazing! AND, I am going to get to feed my family with it at Christmas. I'm a meat hunter first and foremost, and was feeling pretty guilty that I didn't preserve the meat properly. I'm going to freeze it for a few days for extra safety, then brine it, then cook it somehow. should be all good. I shared a whole breast with my buddy for helping me.
I will be sure to post pics when it's done. thanks again for all the congrats!
Congrats on your Gobbler. Sweet bow also.
Well done!
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-Jay
Good job on a nice Turkey
Congrats! Good shot sweet bow and beautiful gobbler! :thumbsup:
Congrats on your bird!
Bisch
Beautiful bird and bow ! Congratulation :clapper:
Excellent all around. Make sure you add a picture here of the cape mount.
Great job congrats on the bird!
two beauties in one photo!!!! well at least the bow and the turkey anyway! :notworthy:
Way to go!