Turkey Opener...Remember this Special Broadhead? Story added...

[House]

Awesome Curt, simply awesome.  You Sir can spin a yarn.  I don't have the gift that you do for such things but I have an idea what you are talking about.  The Surtees family Doc Tippit knife that I carried on my elk/muley hunt this season added some pressure, but it was very welcome pressure to preform to the best of my abilities and like your situation it had a positive ending.  I very much enjoy reading all that you take the time to post on this site...and very well with much thought and attention to detail I might add.

Thanks again Curt, and happy Bday to Cade!

Travis

[koger]

Way to go Curt! Thanks for the whole story, and  you are right, you had help!

[Big Ed]

Well done bud!!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Congrats Curt  

Looks like the pink BH help out tremendously.  No doubt your "Guide" was with you on this one.

 

[RC]

Good job Brother enjoyed it all the way through. Hope we get a fall season sometime.I got plenty of birds.RC

[Randy Morin]

Now thats a hunt'n story.  I think my heartrate picked up as well reading this one.  Felt like I was right there too.  Congrats again Curt.  Great writing and pics.  

[Huntrdfk]

Great job Curt, I can't wait for the other stories sure to follow this fall......


David

congratts  

[Guru]

Thank you all, your kind words a very much appreciated      

Tomorrow I will try to get up some pix of the autopsy...

[swp]

congrats!!!

[Owlgrowler]

NICE!! Good story tellin Bro. The Surtees family is lucky to have a guy like you keeping the memory alive.

[TimDougan]

Curt you are the Turkey TERMINATOR!

[Wiley Coyote]

Thanks for sharing with us!! I hunted turkeys with my longbow last spring and didn't get a shot but you are an inspiration that shows that it can be done!!!      

[Guru]

Some autopsy pix...

As I said earlier, the shot was just a tad low...

Bird on his back...arrow entered the back of the near thigh and you can see it poked out the opposite side breast...
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Skin off, you can see where the arrow went into the body cavity after passing thru the thigh...see the liver?
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Enterance and exit...
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No with the breast pulled up...you can see where one blade of the bh cut a slice in the liver...but just missed hitting the heart that was right in front of it...
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Literally only one inch higher and it would have been over in seconds after slicing thru the heart!
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2 inches higher and it would have hit heart and lungs....always remember..."High they die, low they go"...