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Title: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: 2hats on October 23, 2011, 02:45:00 PM
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  This is the bird I got this week on our annual Cool Springs Hunt.I shot her at 12 yds from the ground.I was shootin my Morrison 54" LB with a magnus II and FMJ arrow.
  I got in the woods and and decided to hunt the woods edge where the deer trails entered the fields.I made myself a ground blind from limbs and pices of a deadfall situated right behind a clump of bushes seperating me from the fields' edge.I heard the vocals from the birds feeding from up behind me.I slowly peeped over my left shoulder and saw them feeding my way,heck they were already within 20 yds.I noticed the closet hen was approaching slowly to within 1o yds.I didn;t move a muscle,I waited and she started to walk away,I slowly raised my bow and began drawing as she headed away.I released when she turned away at 12 yds and watched the arrow pass through her she jumped up in the air and took off and ran out of sight.I waited a few minutes and got my composure together.I couldn't believe what just transpaired.I decided to go in the direction she ran and see if I could find her.There she lay within 30 yds.Man i was stoked.This was my first bird from the ground.What a great moment to log in the ole memory bank.

Dan
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Big Ed on October 23, 2011, 03:41:00 PM
Way to go!!
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on October 23, 2011, 06:13:00 PM
%4" long bow, heck hat aint long atall    :readit:  

Great turkey, good shot. thanks for shaing.
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: 2hats on October 23, 2011, 06:58:00 PM
Yeah..The super short A limbs on this 15 riser is a short one,but those carbon foam limbs at 49lbs is a shooter.
 Thanks
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on October 23, 2011, 07:31:00 PM
That is doing it right,,,,,,Sam,,,,,,,
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Gatekeeper on October 24, 2011, 08:43:00 AM
Congratulations! You are having one heck of a year, Daniel. Keep it up brother!  :clapper:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Tom on October 24, 2011, 08:55:00 AM
Way to go Danny, you boys are tearing them up. Nice bird and done the hard way.Yo uwill definitely have some stories for Baltimore next year.
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: cnorth on October 24, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
nicely done...
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: KentuckyTJ on October 25, 2011, 09:06:00 AM
Fantastic Danny.
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: on October 25, 2011, 04:07:00 PM
Congrats!

Bisch
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Thumper Dunker on October 25, 2011, 10:26:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :clapper:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: J. Holden on October 26, 2011, 07:42:00 PM
Nothing tops the feeling of shooting a turkey with traditional tackle.  Nicely done.

-Jeremy  :coffee:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Andy Diggs on October 29, 2011, 12:16:00 PM
Nice work. Hope I can get up to shoot with you guys again soon.
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: A.S. on October 30, 2011, 09:25:00 AM
Congrats again buddy!!  I'm still bummed that I couldn't be at the "hunt" this year.   :banghead:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: rastaman on October 30, 2011, 11:40:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Barry Rowland on November 04, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
Nice bird and way to go!!
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: Mike Gerardi on November 05, 2011, 07:40:00 PM
Great job. Cool bird.   :clapper:
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: JamesKerr on November 06, 2011, 12:45:00 AM
Nice!!
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: swp on November 06, 2011, 10:42:00 AM
Saweet!
Title: Re: My First Turkey From The Ground...
Post by: JDunlap on November 06, 2011, 11:04:00 PM
Excellent shooting! I just missed one by a whisker at about 17yds last night. I was disgusted, but it was fun, and my 12yr old daughter was in the stand with me.