The next morning was everything we thought it would be. Turkeys filled the field we were sitting on. I hoped that we would have some toms come check us out, but 25 yards was the closest one came. I advised Kelly to be patient because I was certain a turkey would give us a close shot at some point. With all those turkeys SOMETHING had to come check out our decoys. We also had out-of-town friends at the other end of the field and didn't want to shoot at the first opportunity to allow the birds to make their way over to the other blind.
Shortly after a group of three jakes skeptically came in to our decoy. Kelly has come a long ways in his shooting since last year when he missed all those turkeys - and it showed with a perfectly placed arrow. Kelly had his first turkey, and second traditional kill.
Kelly shot this turkey with a Chastain Wapiti recurve, and an old Bear Razorhead with the bleeder blades ground flat.
Unfortunately the turkey that Kelly shot made such a commotion that all the birds left the field. Our friends were overjoyed for Kelly and didn't mind that they didn't have a chance to kill one. They said they had a jake pecking at their decoy when the commotion started but never got a shot off.
We decided to move the blind for the evening. Kelly only bought 1 tag (NE allows 3), but I still had one remaining. We moved to a very popular field with the turkeys for the evening. I never hold out for big turkeys, I am happy for the opportunity at any turkey, so I decided I was going to shoot at the first bird that gave me a chance. The first three jakes that entered the field made a b-line for us.
I decided to use my Bear takedown for this bird, and the Simmons Shark did it's job again. I love these broadheads and am now 4/4 on turkeys with the Simmons, all quick deaths and lots of damage. I have had very bad luck in recovering turkeys in the past, so I am sold on the Simmons.
Here's a picture of our brushed in blind. We had a hen within feet of our blind that hardly looked up. I am a firm believer in brushing in the blind when possible. I don't think it's mandatory, but it definitely helps on wary public land birds. The decoys are about 7 yards away.
I don't know about everybody else, but I have always thought turkeys were very hard to hit. We took three shots and made three perfect hits. It was a very gratifying trip.
I am undecided about returning to NE and buying a third tag. Hopefully a Colorado bird will be next!
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