On a cold day here in Nebraska a box came, "oh boy", I thought, since I love to get packages I couldn't wait to open it up!
It was from "WhiteBuffalo" and my White Elephant gift!
Inside the box was, among other really cool things, 5 Firefly arrows and one in particular that was broken at the tip, had some blood stains left on it as well.
In my conversations with Jason he mentioned he had shot a deer with that arrow and he sent them to me because he figured they would work well out of my bow-
With turkey season approaching I decided it would be really something else to take a bird with that same arrow. So as luck would have it this past Sunday at about 3:15 I had a group of 34 hens walk through the decoys, behind them in the distance I see 3 Toms, in what seemed like forever, and with a little seductive purring on the old slate, the largest of the 3 decided to make his move. He circled the very tree where I had shot my first ever Turkey and came to ten yards, in full strut and facing me, I took this bird an inch above the beard, he made it less than 8 yards and fell dead on the arrow, THE ARROW with which Jason had shot a deer and now I had taken a turkey!
I had hoped to pass this arrow along to another tradganger but unfortunately the shaft exiting his rear and sticking out of his chest broke in three pieces. I have four left that I would gladly send out so the story can continue.
I had checked the bird over to locate the rest of the shaft but found nothing and didn't notice the exit wound so I "ass"umed that it was still inside- hung the bird in a tree for a quick photo, hit the 10 second timer ran back to spread the tail and felt something in the way, yeah it was the broadhead slicing through my hand. It was sticking out of his backside, stupid me! I'm sort of a big guy so if I don't hit my head, fall down or bleed everyday I'm doing something wrong.
Thank you Jason "WhiteBuffalo"
One down, now for the big boys! The birds here seem to still be grouped up but the next few weeks should get em goin pretty good. This bird only had just short of 7 inch beard and little spurs but he was the biggest of the three and the only one to offer a clean shot. I've taken some really nice birds out here, real beard draggers and have seen some double beards and bearded hens so those are next! Soon as the hens are sitting on those nests and the big Toms separate the fun really begins! Good luck and shoot straight!
Todd
This was one of the lesser ones he was hangin out with. He came in to about 5 yards.
Topic: Deer, Turkey and a White Elephant (Read 1156 times)
