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I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« on: May 29, 2007, 11:36:00 AM »
Story and pics will follow, but the Kretschmar's will be feasting on fresh turkey this week!


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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 11:44:00 AM »
congrats.
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2007, 11:44:00 AM »
Well alright David!
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2007, 11:46:00 AM »
congrats!!!

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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2007, 12:41:00 PM »
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2007, 12:42:00 PM »
Congradulations Dave!!!
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2007, 12:45:00 PM »
CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2007, 03:05:00 PM »
YES!!!!!!!!   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2007, 03:20:00 PM »
Sooooo, this morning I'm up at 3:30 and on my way, knowing that the season closes in two more days.  I'm also cognizant of the fact that two years ago, almost to the day, (May 30th, 2005), I shot a turkey with the Little Delta bow in the same town I would be hunting in today.  Would the mojo carry over??????

I got to my spot and realized that I had forgotten my camera, something I never go into the woods without......another omen perhaps?

My setup was simple, a DB blind with a single jake about 10 yards out, in a little clearing on a knoll about 100 yards into the woods.  I called sparingly, and about an hour later I was answered by a hen.  I called her and another hen right into my setup, they hung out for about 15 minutes before walking away into the woods.  Then, at 7:15 I called for the last time, with the intention of leaving at 7:30 so that I could get to work.  With my bow on the ground, I was looking at my stuff getting ready to pack it in when I looked up and there was a jake right near my decoy!  I reached for the bow, the bird got antsy and began to leave, as he did I shot him at 11 yards.  I knew I hit him hard, but thought it might have been a tad forward, thankfully I had followed Curt's advice and put a string tracker on my bow this year.  The turkey took off and the string was peeling out, I felt like I wanted to grab it and fight him like a fish, but I resisted and watched the line play out.......

Have to go for a couple, be back in a few......


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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2007, 03:26:00 PM »
You've been hangin' around Curt too long.....   :rolleyes:
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2007, 03:32:00 PM »
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2007, 03:32:00 PM »
Way to go!! Good story too, love the idea of that string tracker line rippin out...I'll have one next year.

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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2007, 03:33:00 PM »
yea story line is ripping out like string tracker line..   :mad:
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2007, 03:41:00 PM »
Congradulations! Hap

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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2007, 03:50:00 PM »
Way to go Dave!!
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2007, 03:55:00 PM »
Congrats   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2007, 04:02:00 PM »
Sorry guys, my wife needed the computer for a work issue.......where was I......the line finally stops after about 60 yards plays out.  I just sat there for a few minutes waiting for it to move some more, but it didn't.  I figured it might be smart to wait awhile longer, so I packed everything up, left my bow there with the string tracker and brought my stuff to the truck.  I called a friend for help, but he was off fishing and wouldn't answer the phone....

After 35 minutes I was back to where I had shot the turkey, nothing seemed to have moved.  I found my arrow, and realized that with the pass through I would have a double string trail to follow.....the cool part was that one string was white and the other was red, and shone bright whenever it was in the sun.  I started on the trail, and it led right to very thick cover.  I was doing my best to try to look where the string led to try to see the turkey, in one nasty spot I took a step and he exploded at my feet, running off but not very fast.  He WAS hit hard.  I watched as the string continued and then I heard it snap....oh oh.  I followed it to it's end about 20 yards away, and then tried to follow the direction it had been headed.  I found a bunch of feathers where it had run into a tree, and then into a swamp.  I had gone about ten yards into the swamp when I saw the bird in a crumpled heap in front of me....yessss!  I walked up to claim my prize and the SOB got up and ran off again!  This time I was right on him, he stopped 25 yards further into the swamp, with me about six yards from him, this time I took no cahnces and put another arrow into him and ended it.  I could not believe how that bird kept going, he had a hole the size of a sliver dollar in the forward part of his chest and would not give it up, unbeleiveable.  He is a jake that weighed 15 pounds with a thick 4" beard, a true trophy to me.

I have to tell you, without the string tracker I don't know if I would have found this bird, and I'm sure he would have died.....thanks Curt.

After all that my buddy calls and asks what I need....he did come with a camera and took a couple of pics that didn't come out all that well...here is one...
 

When I got home I took a couple of more with my camera, here is one of the bird and my Kwyk Styk....

 

There is something to this mojo thing, I had good thoughts thinking back to my LDB hunt and think that the spirits from that bow were helping me out.

Oh yeah, I might hunt just the last few days of May from now on too......  :bigsmyl:  

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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2007, 04:34:00 PM »
:bigsmyl:   yea baby. Congrats David, happy for ya and proud of ya    :thumbsup:      :notworthy:
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2007, 04:36:00 PM »
Nice Bird David. I know you have been workin hard for this one. Many Congrats!
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Re: I Bloodied My Kwyk Styk This Morning......
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2007, 04:43:00 PM »
Chalk another Bird up for a Kwyk Styk. Great Job!

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