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A lot of folks still talk about trying to hit the "wingbutt" on turkeys. A lot of us have gotten away from doing so for good reason. One is penetration. A hit directly on this joint will cause major problems with your arrow getting in far enough to do any damage. But the additional problem is that there is hardly anything there to hit on a broadside bird...
This hit a bit further forward than I like to hit them, but as seen by this pic, it was still behind the wingbutt, both entrance and exit.... •
The result was a shot that barely, I mean barely nicked the front of the lungs.....the reason this bird dies quickly was because the big broadhead when through the neck/breast junction where all the Carotid artery, Jugular vein,trachea enters the body just in front of the heart and lungs...note all the coagulated blood that settled up in the front of the chest cavity... •
The broadhead after extraction... •
Now, the million dollar question...."what exactly was inside the "lump"?
What I found was unexpected, well at least the color of it..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Best I could figure it was some kind of blood sack that formed from the shotgun blast it took, the bleeding obviously was pretty bad, and his body just never absorbed it as it would a smaller injury... •
It was firm, and fairly dry but not powdery dry or mushy wet either.....it smelled bad, but not horrible.
Obviously it was taxing on his body...he was only 13+ pounds. Looks like he was lucky we had such a mild winter.
So once again it seems I've killed another "wierd" critter, not sure why, but I seem to do that a lot....but.... how boring would this story have been had he been "just another gobbler"
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"I love you Daddy".......My son Cade while stump shooting 3/19/06 Posts: 16233 | From: NY | Registered: Apr 2003
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Thanks for sharing Curt. Great story and pics.
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Wow buddy! That's a bird your going to remember for sure.
Congrats my friend for the pics and story and good luck to you and Cade on the next one.
Tracy
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Awesome bud! You do hunt in NY and that state is full of Wierd Critters!!! Congrats again!
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That is a funky Bird.lol.Those kind come with lots of memories though.I kinda figured the glob to be yellow and almost fluid maybe.RC
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quote:Originally posted by RC: That is a funky Bird.lol.Those kind come with lots of memories though.I kinda figured the glob to be yellow and almost fluid maybe.RC
Those were exactly my thoughts Robert. I had it in my head it was some kind of old puss sack, and expected it to be yellow/brownish.
Which it very well could be, but with it being almost black, I just figure it's an old blood sack.
Some of my friends are busting my chops about it being "a mercy killing"..."that's why he kept letting you shoot"..."it just took more shots than it should have"
What are friends for...
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