Last evening, I was able to watch several turkeys fly to roost. The problem with where they roosted was, it was very close to a road, on the edge of a pond and very close to my access woods Rd.
I decided that I would leave even earlier than usual and try to slip past them I the dark.
I slipped down the logging road at 3:30am. I was able to ghost my way past the birds and get my blind set up without disturbing anything
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At 5:15 a bird started gobbling, to my right, from the roost. After 15 minutes he flew down away from me. I gave a few soft calls. He went crazy! He came storming into about 40 yards but would not cross a small creek (about 3' wide!). He strutted and gobbled his brains out but would not cross.
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After about 45 minutes, that bird decided it had had enough and moved off. He would gobble occasionaly as he left.
10 minutes later, I gave a series of soft calls. Moments later, I could hear something coming from my left.
5 birds had slipped in silently. The biggest, broke into strut and bumped my jake decoy. As he turned, almost facing me, I picked a feather, just to the left of his beard, drew, anchored and released.
The Snuffer 160 tipped arrow hit exactly where I was looking! The bird flipped in the air then hobbled 15 yards and went down for good.
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Great bird, and one heck of a shot! Congrats!!
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You can see the blind and decoys in the background.
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Shot with my Centaur Triple Carbon Elite TD. CX Heritage 350's and Snuffer 160's.
It was a great morning in the woods!
That's great! Congrats!!!
Awesome! Good shot, and congrats on a nice bird! :thumbsup: It doesn't get much better than that, does it?
Isn't it aggravating when they come to a little creek like that, that they could almost step across, or a barbed wire fence they could just duck under, and hang up on ya?
Bob
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :clapper:
Congrats on your bird!
Bisch
Nice bird...CONGRATS!
way to come up with a plan and execute it ! great job . congrats
When I got the text at 6:43 this morning I knew without looking what it was. Great job, and great shot Seth!
David
Good job congrats
Nice bird and story. Great shooting.
Congrats on a Fine Bird! Nice shooting and great pix. :thumbsup:
Very nice! Congratulations on following your plan to perfection! Nice bird! :clapper:
Bernie
Great Bird! Denny
Nice shot on a super Jake! That bow is sweet also! Congrats! :thumbsup:
:thumbsup: Nice looking Centaur also!!!
Way to get it done......outsmarting them!
Nice job! I think you'll need to get another Centaur with a turkey feather or foot on the handle now.
Thanks everyone!
I like how you think varmint101!
Congrats! Awesome shot. not bad penetration on that bird.
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Way to go Seth! Birds can come hard here in the Granite State but you made it look easy! Best regards, Todd
Way to go Seth! Birds can come hard here in the Granite State but you made it look easy! Best regards, Todd
Congrats Seth, Great Looking bird. It sounds/looks as if your set up was a good one.
Congrats!
Woot! Congrats!
Very nice! Congrats to you Sir! Not an easy task, a gobbler with a longbow! :thumbsup:
Awesome stuff! Congrats!
Congratulations!!!
Nice job! Always great when a plan comes together!! :thumbsup: