I thought I would share a brief story of my first shot at a gobbler with my Recurve. Our birds have been real henned up here in South Georgia and every morning I hunt they fly down with hens and off they go. So today I decided to try something different and hunt them in the afternoon. I got to my blind, put out a B-Mobile strutter with a hen decoy and when I got settled in the blind one gobbled not 75 yards in front of me. I called to him and he would come up to within forty yards strut a little and then move away. This bird gobbled for an hour and a half and every time I called to him he would answer but B-Mobile had him scared and after a while he moved off. I was really beginning to doubt why I put out the strutting decoy.
After a while of some light calling I saw movement to my right. It was the King of the woods and probably the reason the other bird would not come. The first bird probably thought that B-Mobile was this guy. He came stomping in ready to fight. His beard was easily 12 inches long and without a doubt the biggest bird I have ever seen. I had my decoys at 12 yards and he got right up to the strutter. I drew back, picked a spot and released. My arrow barely missed him and I may have pulled the shot a little just because I was so excited and then the bird ran off. I was pretty dejected feeling after missing but the hunt was awesome. By far the best hunt I have had all year!
I have killed many turkeys with a shotgun but this was my first gobbler that I have shot at with my recurve. I killed 3 deer and two hogs this past fall with traditional gear which was my first season with trad gear and I cannot wait to kill a gobbler wtih the bow. I love this game! Hopefully before our season ends I can share some pictures with you all.
Thanks,
Brian