2010, Indiana spring turkey season is over for me. After a miss at twelve yards on opening morning I arrowed a jake at nine yards last night.
I worked two really nice birds yesterday morning but couldn't get them any closer than 35 yards. Made a slight change in my set up and went back out around 4:30 pm. At 6:00 pm I called in four jakes. I first saw the birds at a distance of around 100 yards. The birds were feeding my way when a coyote showed up. The jakes began to putt and get nervous but never took off. They continued to work my way with a little coaxing on my part.
The coyote continued to follow the jakes staying about 10 to 20 yards behind them. The jakes knew he was there but really didn't seem to bother them much.
When the jakes got around 40 yards away they finally saw the decoys and came running. I made a good shot and the jake only went 35 yards before going down.
The funny thing was the coyote was only 10 or twelve yards away and the jake I shot ran straight for him after the shot. The coyote must have thought the turkey was after him because he got the heck out of there.
A big thanks to all on Trad.gang. I never have tried to take a turkey with a bow. After hanging around all of you here I decided this was the year to give it a try.
A Voodoo Stik I bought from Kenneth off of the classifieds and laminated birch arrows purchased from Maxwell were the ticket.
Good luck to all. I'm off to the Black Hills of South Dakota turkey hunting this week.
Al
Topic: Indiana TURKEY opener tomorrow! with updates! (Read 555 times)
