I got my tom early this morning with my Martin Savannah Stealth. I was using a 125gr Zwickey with a 75 grain steel insert atop a Gold Tip 5575 arrow. The birds were already talking when I parked my car before daylight. I heard an owl hooting and the turkeys gobbled right back. This helped getting to the right spot. After about a mile hike I set up my jake and hen decoy and softly yelped. I saw white flashes through the trees. The turkey circled behind me. They hadn't spooked, I could hear them talking. I quickly moved my decoys and got turned around. I popped open my umbrella blind and waited. I clucked and the turkey gobbled, a ways aways. I purred, and clucked. He gobbled again and was was getting closer. I waited a few minutes and yelped very softly. I heard him and he was close. I saw him moving him about 80 yards and closing in. When he saw my decoys he fluffed up and came strutting right in. What I didn't expect was another tom to join him at about 50 yards. The both came right in to my decoys at 20, gobbling up a storm. I didn't have a shot. They were so close, hitting one would have meant hitting the other on a pass through. This only lasted about 10 minutes, and they knew something was up. The walked away, and then I yelped again. They stopped, separated and I let an arrow rip. It hit right were I looked, at the base of his neck. One tom hit the ground and the other showed me how fast turkeys can really run. The only thing wrong is I cannot head out turkey hunting in the morning.
Topic: My First Trad Kill: A Merrium Turkey (Read 1174 times)
