A season dedicated to Glenn St Charles

[Kevin Winkler]

With the recent passing of Glenn St Charles, I have dedicated this hunting season in his honor.
This evening I found myself in a ground blind on my property out behind my house. We had plenty of rain yesterday and early this morning so I went to church this morning like a good boy! I had to sing in choir anyway.

With a SW wind and a cloudy sky I was enjoying my time in the blind. I was hoping to get a shot at one of the does that I saw yesterday evening. Although I would also like to have a chance at one of the good bucks that I have see on several of my game cameras this fall.

 

[Kevin Winkler]

With deer tags and a turkey tag in my pocket I was ready for some action!
I was having fun trying out my new gille suit. I was watching a downy woodpecker chasing away a cardinal in front of my hide. With about 45 minutes of season to go I looked along the inside corner of the cut corn field to my left and see a deer. Slowly I get the glasses up for a look and see horns, but the right side is broke off. He doesn't look like a mature buck so I ease the camera out, hoping to get a couple of pics.

As he worked his way down the timber edge he stopped and stood on his hind legs to reach for some tasty maple leafs before he stopped to freshen a scrape. I would have loved to moved to take a few pics, but I didn't want to take a chance on him picking out my movement. After a few samples of leaves and a few bites of corn left in the field he decided to head my way.

 

After fumbling around with the camera I did get a pic but it's blurry. Then he stops to take a look around...........with his head turned and his near leg forward, at 14yds..another shot! I mean pic. Whew! If I would have had my bow in my hand instead of the camera I would have more than likely loosed an arrow. I'm like Glenn...I'm a trophy hunter until something else comes along.

 

[kasey]

great

[Hot Hap]

I don't know if I could do that. Good luck-Hap

[cacciatore]

That's cool!Those gillie don't stop to surprise me.I am myself trying to honor Glen's memory hunting with the he signed for me in 2009 at the P&Y convention in Denver.

[Mudd]

How cool is this? Way!!! I'm saying....

Thanks for sharing with us Kevin.

God bless,Mudd

[wapiti792]

[Kevin Winkler]

As I had predicted from as previous scouting trip, he slowly continued along the field edge and entered a game trail that connects to the ridge running east/west. I was hoping that was just the beginning of the deer movement for the evening. So as my anticipation was running high, I hear a cluck just a few yards behind me and left. As I strained my eyes in that direction I could see two turkeys headed past my hide at 4 yards!

Behind them I could see a few more birds and was not sure if it was the flock that I had seen 3 weeks earlier which had a white hen in the group, plus three nice long beards. But a bird in the hand is better than the rest in the field, right?
So as the first two where passing by me the first one gave me that, I don't know what that is look? But I don't think it's right! She turned and was slowly heading back towards the second bird. So as they turned to walk away from me I drew and picked a spot behind the leg of the second bird as it was quartering away from me at 8 yards. Without any thought the arrow was on it's way and disappeared through the bird right where I had been looking.

It's been going on the three years now since I put down my compound and switched to stickbow. My first season was uneventful, at least in the shooting department. Then last year I took a nice Tom during the spring, missed my first two shots at deer, but then connected on a doe. Then I was blessed with a 15 yard shot at a nice 5x5 elk in CO. that only went 80 yards before going down.

Now back to the turkeys. After the shot the bird jumped and hobbled off for about 10 yards, laid down and expired. I thought about Glenn and all his adventures that he shared with us in his book. I know that I will never have the chance to experience many of the hunts he went on, but I know that he would would approve of this hunt.

 

Here I am in my hunting attire!
I forgot my handy little camera adapter that clamps onto my arrow, so I had to wait until I got back to my house and have my wife take a pic.
Hopefully more to come as season progresses.

 

[rushlush]

Very cool!

[TSP]

Hi, Kev.  Great pics and story, it's always nice to see hunts with some action in them.  'Round here it would take two seasons for that much excitement, lol.

Might that be your little Carbon Super Shrew I see in the picture?

[kennyb]

too cool, kevin! thanks for sharing and I appreciate the dedication!...and continued good luck!
kenny

[Cyclic-Rivers]

That was coool!  

[Kevin Winkler]

TSP, Yes that's my 54" Classic Hunter w/carbon and foam cores.