Post by SPIKER on May 2, 2008 19:06:21 GMT -5
After yesterdays shutout, and two days with out any sleep, I had to sleep in. 
I awoke around 9:30, looked outside, and saw that it was raining...YES!
Grabbed the bow, and the hen decoy, and ran out to the blind that I had set up yesterday with BT.
I sat down and observed my setup, pulled out the 'Lil Duece', and let it rip.
5 seconds later I hear a small cluck behind me..not a gobble, but I know a turkey is behind me..damn...all of a sudden, I see it coming around into the field...fast...full strut..20 yds....coming right for the hen.
I set the pin on the wing butt, and sqeezed off.....whapp!! The turkey takes off .....noooo! But he hits the tree line, and hits the ground in the woods about 30 yds down. I can see him look around, but he's in there, and I don't have a Silver Flame..damn, what was I thinking..so I pull another Spitfire, and when I say threading a needle, I would be understating..so I let the second arrow go, and thwapp!! Right into a tree that I didn't see, but then...the turkey goes over, and the fletching goes up in the air! Yes!...man that sounded like I hit a tree trunk...
So I go over and there he is...here's the pics of the whole story..
Here's my setup:
View from the setup:
Here's where he was on the second shot..you can see the fletch (this view is from the blind):
Dead Turkey:
Beard :
Spur:
Spur:
And the Spitfires looked like new..amazing..these are the only heads I'll ever use on Turkeys:
I awoke around 9:30, looked outside, and saw that it was raining...YES!
Grabbed the bow, and the hen decoy, and ran out to the blind that I had set up yesterday with BT.
I sat down and observed my setup, pulled out the 'Lil Duece', and let it rip.
5 seconds later I hear a small cluck behind me..not a gobble, but I know a turkey is behind me..damn...all of a sudden, I see it coming around into the field...fast...full strut..20 yds....coming right for the hen.
I set the pin on the wing butt, and sqeezed off.....whapp!! The turkey takes off .....noooo! But he hits the tree line, and hits the ground in the woods about 30 yds down. I can see him look around, but he's in there, and I don't have a Silver Flame..damn, what was I thinking..so I pull another Spitfire, and when I say threading a needle, I would be understating..so I let the second arrow go, and thwapp!! Right into a tree that I didn't see, but then...the turkey goes over, and the fletching goes up in the air! Yes!...man that sounded like I hit a tree trunk...
So I go over and there he is...here's the pics of the whole story..
Here's my setup:
View from the setup:
Here's where he was on the second shot..you can see the fletch (this view is from the blind):
Dead Turkey:
Beard :
Spur:
Spur:
And the Spitfires looked like new..amazing..these are the only heads I'll ever use on Turkeys:
.and how many birds can you take?