Good luck NY turkey hunters

Tim Kosteczko · May 08, 2008, 10:24:00 PM

pics aint working rite story tomorrow i guess...

Aram · May 08, 2008, 11:09:00 PM

Tim, don't do this!
Tim!!!

Tim Kosteczko · May 09, 2008, 11:08:00 PM

hey aram, real sorry dont mean to pull a "guru" and leave everybody hangin (jk :D ) but i cant get pics to work and dont know why, never had a problem before. story just wont go as well without pics. as soon as i can i promise

Aram · May 09, 2008, 11:58:00 PM

I'm sure it's worth the wait.
... so I'm waiting...

Tim Kosteczko · May 11, 2008, 08:33:00 AM

weds night i got home from work a little before dark. leaving me with enough time to "roost" a bird from the road (based on where they are in the fields i can get a good idea where they are going to roost) not an exact science but it was the best i could do.
decided where the best place to go in the mornin would be. ended up havin more schoolwork to finish up then i thought and was gonna have to pass on the mornings hunt. so i told dad where i thought would be good.
in the morning when i woke up for some reason i had to call to see what happened before i even got out of bed and sure enough he tells me he hit one and he was given it time. i told him i would be rite there to help him look.
we meet up in the woods and begin walkin, it wasnt long before we see this...

Dad claims his prize...

we snapped a few quick photos...

on the way out we almost walked rite past this lil girl at 20 feet without even noticin, we must have startled her out feedin, boy they hide well

ishiwannabe · May 11, 2008, 01:08:00 PM

Nice pics! Tell your dad congrats!

joe skipp · May 11, 2008, 03:22:00 PM

Nice tom..Tom....Congrats on a fine bird.

Stone Knife · May 11, 2008, 03:59:00 PM

Now thats what we like to see

Tim Kosteczko · May 11, 2008, 09:18:00 PM

wrote the story fast and forgot some things.

first here is the pic of the "hidden" turkey at 20 feet...

measurments of dad's bird: 9 inch beard 1 inch spurs and 21 lbs 13 oz!

good luck with the rest of the season fellas!

Guru · May 11, 2008, 10:18:00 PM

Awesome Tim, congrats to my bud Gary again!!!

Tim, can you e mail some pix of both birds?

finger lakes bowhunter · May 12, 2008, 01:09:00 PM

Only a gun one thus far....9 inch beard big body. They are so silent now that I just leave decoys in viewing distance of the house in the corner of a 260 acre field. There is a ledge that I can sneak up and get a shoot off. I missed yesterday at 25 yards. I tend to shoot too short at high angles, always think that the falling of the arrow will make it drop slower. This is a new tactic for me so it will be trial and error. The angle is almost on top of the turkeys. Would of got one by now if I did not have to deal with a crazy girlfriend... or now exgirlfriend. Gonna try a few more times this year and then concentrate on the green drake hatch and the start of the caddis hatch.