Had a great opening morning of the Nebraska turkey season. Tried a new spot this year, the turkeys were roosting in one of the big power line towers (like in the background of the first picture). It was quite a sight to see 100 turkeys in one of those towers and I wish I could have gotten a good picture of it.
The set up worked out well, the big main flock spent most of the morning on a hill right behind us, and groups of toms coming to and from the big flock passed by our decoy all morning.
Here are a few pics of the hunt.
A view of our decoy.
Four big toms came in, three big toms left.
If we could have retrieved the bird we could have had quite a few more chances. This group came down to check us out but did not like the dead bird and left before coming close enough for a shot.
My Mohawk with the turkey. I used a Simmons Shark. After the shot the turkey died within ten yards.
My best luck has come from facing to, or facing away shots on turkeys. Before I shot this bird I went against my better judgement and took a broadside shot on a big tom in full strut. My arrow hit the middle of the wingbut and got no penetration (which I didn't see at the time because the bird flipped and flipped at the shot). I thought that the bird would be dead just around the corner so we kept hunting. After a long, long search, we lost the bird.
When the tom I killed came in I took a facing shot. The arrow entered just to the left of the beard and exited low in the back.
I plan on hunting a lot more this season. My brother is hunting this weekend so I hope to have more pictures for this post soon! Good luck to everybody this turkey season!
Topic: Opening Day Tom (Read 1228 times)
