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Author Topic: Opening Day in the Granite State  (Read 704 times)

Offline Birdbow

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Opening Day in the Granite State
« on: May 15, 2016, 03:25:00 PM »


After 3 seasons of very few spring turkeys about due to severe winters and a bout of avian pox in the area, some birds finally showed on the rebound. I managed to telephoto some pics of a nice tom on my land....
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2016, 03:31:00 PM »
So on May 3 I got into my blind early after setting out a jake and breeder hen decoys. A little light calling and 3 jakes silently approached. The dominant bird thrashed my jake deke, bending its stake to the ground, and then spent a full 45 minutes trying to coax a response from the synthetic hen....
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2016, 03:40:00 PM »
Eventually the trio lost interest and wandered off. A couple hours later, a single gobble in the woods indicated something else inbound. When the tom appeared, he made a bee-line for the jake deke which I had repaired after the earlier assault. He was accompanied by the previous 3 as his wingmen. They respectfully stood by as the big boy went to work on my  deke (again!) I was forced    ;)  to save my embattled imposter!

 
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2016, 04:28:00 PM »
Congratulations,excellent job!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2016, 05:06:00 PM »
Wow!  Nice pictures!  Congratulations and thanks for sharing with us!     :clapper:

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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2016, 05:06:00 PM »
Nice Todd! I have been out once, for an hour before work. Hope to do it again once or twice this week.

Congrats!

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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2016, 05:21:00 PM »
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2016, 07:48:00 PM »
Great job!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2016, 08:17:00 PM »
Nice pics and story….Congratulations!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2016, 08:21:00 PM »
Well done and congratulations on what must have been one fun hunt!
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Offline mark Willoughby

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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2016, 08:30:00 PM »
Awesome brotha a turkey with my bow is deff on my to do list
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2016, 10:32:00 PM »
Nice work!  

I've got to get a turkey with the bow!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2016, 10:17:00 PM »
Congrats Todd!!!
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Offline Keith Zimmerman

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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2016, 06:16:00 AM »
Great pics and story.  Congrats!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2016, 08:27:00 AM »
Fantastic!!!  Congratulations!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2016, 04:15:00 PM »
Congrats!!
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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2016, 05:11:00 PM »
Nice Bird!
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Offline Birdbow

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Re: Opening Day in the Granite State
« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2016, 02:04:00 PM »
Thanks all!

As a postscript: I was using Avian X decoys which consistently, over the seasons I've used them, get superior reactions from the turkeys.

I was shooting my Big Jim TC LB, 60#, carbon arrow and a Centaur SB Big Game broadhead. My shot was low, a pass through, through the upper thigh which shattered the leg bone and artery leaving a very easy blood trail.

Was also using a Drifter string tracker which worked fine for the first 60 yards before the string broke. No fault of the tracker - the string was pulling through the mess of shattered bone as the tom hobbled away.

Good hunting to all whose season is still open!
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