I was very fortunate and was able to take a 24 minute Tom this morning. Great bird that has to weigh well over 20#s, 10" beard, and >1 1/4" spurs (verified limb hanger). Five yard shot without a blind. TimberHawk longbow and WW broadhead. He was pretty distracted by the 4 hens 10 yards out in the field.

All right Terry!I'm heading up to NY for the week of the 11th.  

VERY nice bird...5 yard shot WO BLIND...all I can say is CONGRATS!  That is a wonderful achievement.  Enjoy the day!

Awesome Terry!! I havent made it out yet, headed to work soon. Think next week...maybe.

How about the stripers? Thought about ya last night when the carp started jumping...

Congrats my friend!

Congrats Terry. Ready for some bowfishing now? Shoot me a PM with your phone number if you still have some interest in coming down for some Rays. Ed

May 15th is our bowfishing opener and the warm weather and clear water had plenty moving. I can't wait!

Ishi, I'll be out after the stripers this afternoon and tomorrow. They are up pretty good right now and a big pod of big ones moved in on Thurs. Good luck on the birds.

Big Ed, where are we going to shoot some Rays!

Congrats on the fine bird

congrats Terry , Nice bird      

Congrats!          

Nice bird...no blind...outstanding!!! I hope I can pull off the same thing this weekend.

Great job Terry...real nice bird....

My morning started out with my friend Vinny, who never bow killed a turkey. We setup his decoy, climbed behind a fallen tree...perfect setup. At 6am a gobble echoed through the woods.

I started my sweet talking and then 2 more gobbles! More than one bird...roughly 15 minutes later, 25 yds away were 2 good size toms and 1 slammer bird.
Displaying, strutting...gobbling...but they wouldn't come in. Having just one decoy out just doesn't cut it. I would have preferred no decoy and honestly felt the birds would have walked right into our lap.

As the 3 toms moved off, I headed to ambush spot #2....we setup and called for roughly 30 minutes before another gobble shocked us back to reality.
A good ten minutes of calling and down the hill he comes. Another super display and strut...only 25 yds from me...wide open...I was waiting for Vinny to shoot but from his angle, he couldn't see the entire bird.

When I decided hell...I'm shooting, the tom decided if the hen was coming to him....he's leaving. He offered no shot and we let him walk.
We left the decoy behind and "walked and yelped" for 2 hrs. Had one more encounter with a lone tom but he never showed his face.

Noon time came too quick, so we left the woods and headed home in the rain. tomorrow will be different...going solo, no decoy and maybe I can catch a break.

Congrats, Terry. No blind...what an accomplishment...

Nice bird Terry! Do you give lessons/seminars? LOL! Congrats my friend! Mike

Way to go bro..awesome bird!

Nice picture Curt.  

Joe, sounds like you had an amazing day! It ain't all about the killin'! I'm sure you'll be putting the smackdown on one tomorrow!

Curt, you are the man!

Congrats on the fine bird! Spent a couple hours out there today but didn't see anything. Got a late start. We'll be out there in the dark tomorrow.

Five Yards, No Blind, Gotta Love It! Congrats Terry.

... mike ...

Way to go Terry.
Jack

Terry,

Good Job!!!