Big Jims TC Meets Osceola 2011

coaster500 · March 24, 2011, 03:27:00 PM

I'm posting this picture for Jim ... He will have to pipe in for the story, but he is starting the 2011 season with style...

Big Jim Successful Hunters

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c210/coaster500/Big%20Jims%20successful%20hunters/?albumview=slideshow

coaster500 · March 24, 2011, 03:28:00 PM

and this is what a Big Jim Broadhead will do....

Guru · March 24, 2011, 03:31:00 PM

That's awesome!!!

bigbadjon · March 24, 2011, 03:32:00 PM

Glad he got one. I think the turkeys are starting a little later this season and prime time hasn't begun here. I look forward to hearing the tale.

steadman · March 24, 2011, 03:41:00 PM

Very nice!

tr23489 · March 24, 2011, 03:54:00 PM

Oh man!! We don't even start for over another month here!! Can't wait!

Great job!

saumensch · March 24, 2011, 03:54:00 PM

KentuckyTJ · March 24, 2011, 03:54:00 PM

Nice work Jim. Don't stay too long you need to be at the KY Trad Fest next weekend.

Steve O · March 24, 2011, 04:07:00 PM

Oh, I am SO jealous!

Great job Big Jim!

Spurs · March 24, 2011, 04:10:00 PM

Big Jim makes that bird look like a chicken!! I guess I know why they call him big Jim. Congrats!!!

bulldog18 · March 24, 2011, 04:19:00 PM

Very nice Big Jim

Car54 · March 24, 2011, 04:24:00 PM

Way-to-go, nice bird....but please turn that arrow around, its scary looking...

Tater · March 24, 2011, 04:32:00 PM

Way to go.!! Nice Bird

swp · March 24, 2011, 04:34:00 PM

bretto · March 24, 2011, 05:31:00 PM

He should send that one back, cause it's got a giant hole in it!!!! Is that what a 300 grain broadhead does?

Great looking bird.

Mudd · March 24, 2011, 05:54:00 PM

Hooper · March 24, 2011, 06:02:00 PM

Nice bird Jim! Congrats!

DannyBows · March 24, 2011, 06:11:00 PM

Man, that bird never knew what hit him. A Scud-Head like that launched from about a 100# bow!

Good work Jim! Congrats!

maineac · March 24, 2011, 06:16:00 PM

Mice Congrats Jim! Looking forward to a story to go with it.

BigJim · March 24, 2011, 06:50:00 PM

I was fortunate enough to be invited down to Apopka Florida for a Osceola turkey hunt and couldn't pass it up. Yes, what a morning. My friend set out a blind and 3 decoys. As I was trying to show him how to use the video camera, the birds came in not leaving enough time to video. This gobler closed the distance from about 75+ yards and walked straight to us. At about 8 yards, he turned around revealing his back and I sent a BigJim through his back. I thought that I had spined him because he hit the dirt and went to flopping around. In a couple of seconds, he jumped up and ran out to about 30 yards. I nocked another arrow and prepared for a follow up shot. I could see my arrow protruding about a foot out of his chest. Before I could shoot again, he ran another 30 yards and went to flopping again. He then ran behind a brush pile and died out of site. All in all, it took about 1 minute, but probably much less time than that.
While waiting, trying to give my turkey time to die, my friend called up two jakes. I could have taken one of them also if I was so inclined, but I was not interested in the young bird even if it was legal to take two in a day. All in all a great time but over rather quick.
He is a nice bird. Not the biggest -- 9" beard, but had three beards total (two little bitty beards and one good one). Also had a 1" sur. I new that the Big Jim head would do a number on him, but was totally amazed by the devastation.

I used my 80lb Thunder Child and a 780g arrow tipped with a 300g bigjim head. I know it is a little light for turkeys, but after all the threads of light weight bows doing the job, I thought I would give it a chance

BigJIm