After finally connecting last year in NE, I repeated this year with a bigger bird. We pulled in on Fri afternoon with heavy winds. After hunting all day long, we didn't even hear a bird. Sat morning we woke to pouring rain, so we stayed in the hotel until 8:30a. On the way to our spot, we saw a tom strutting in a field on the east side of the property we can hunt. After sneaking in and setting out the blind and decoys, we called and called and called. No sight or sound of turkeys. By this time the wind had picked up again so we headed for timber. We sat where my dad and I killed birds last year in May and decided to just be patient. Calling every 15 or 20 min. We saw a tom with a hen and 2 other toms or jakes through the trees, but nothing committed. For the several hours we sat there, a tom had been drumming in the cedars behind us. After a lunch break, we made it back into the blind without being seen. The tom was still drumming. It was now about 3p. We began the occasional calling and soon a hen yelped behind us and her yelps produced a gobble out in front of the blind. she came into our decoys and began fighting the hen decoy. She stayed for 10 or 15 min before she left. A drum came from directly behind the blind and I knew a tom was close. Now my blood was racing. Shortly after a few tense moments, the bird walked past the blind at 5yds and made his way to the jake decoy. There I shot him facing away and knew he was mortally hit, but wanted to get another arrow in him. I missed 2 long shots through the trees before he made it into a timber pile. I snuck around behind the blind and put 2 more arrows in his chest, where he died. It was a beautiful tom with a 9" beard. The iridescent feathers on these birds never cease to amaze me. By far one of the prettiest creatures I hunt. Oh I'm sure you guys want to know the specs. 52# Rampart shooting CX heritage 250s and magnus 4 blade. My dad's bow is a 53# Rampart recurve.
Tim
Topic: 2nd Longbow Turkey (Read 882 times)
