huntinguide Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Well it all started with a phone conversation with my buddy down south of us, i told him our birds up here are all jacked up and he told me to come down to his place. It all sounded good but it was a 2.5 hour drive but the thought of birds was on my mind. He said they had seen them everyday in pretty much the same spot. He would direct me to where he thought they where roosted the next morning. I showed up and he helped me get the blind all set up "for a bow kill" then he split. About 6 oclock he was stretchin his pipes about 75 yards in front of me. My buddy said he was prob on an old road that ran through, well he was right. When the sky started to light up i could see a road leading right to where he was soundin off. He and 2 jakes flew down and strutted around in front for about 20 min showing absolutly no interest. They where abut 60 yards out and closing then they hung up again. I switched from a guillotine to a rage thinking i would have to poke him at 40. He started to walk off fan up almost like he was teasing me. When i thought it was over and he was out of sight i slipped out of the blind and to my suprise could see his fan about 100 yards up the road. He was walking dead away from me and i was trying to put a plan together quick. So i dropped off the ridge and paralleled him till i thought i was far enough. I slipped back up the ridge and checked it out and didnt see anything. I set up behind a big ol' oak and waited for a bit. After 10 min or so i was about ready to get up thinking he had moved on, when i heard a drum from what seemed to be in the woods. I yelped and heard him spit again then i saw him coming around the bend in the road. As he walk towards me he picked up his pace and started to putt and run at me. As he closed the distance quick almost as if something was chasing him or startled him he got to about 20. I couldnt get drawn back with him at 20 looking right at me so i cut hard and yelp and he bowed up imediatly. As he did a 360 dance i pulled back with him turned around. When he straightened up to me i cut hard and he stuck his head up, thats when the exicutioner released the ax. A 4 in Gobbler Guillotine sent straight to the ol red head. Caught him clean and he was down for the count, not even a twich ive never had a bird go down so clean. If i was shooting a broadhead i would have missed. i actually hit him with about an inch of one blade right under the chin, lucky me. He had a 11 inch paint brush, 1.25 and 1 inch spurs weight 18 lbs. Not bad for a public lander and an eastern also not bad for oklahoma. Didnt get it all the way off actually caught him right under the chin, good thing i had a 4 inch cut. you can see i didnt even hit him square enough to nock the straws off. I hit him with the blade pointed down you can see its bent just a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybertech_hound819 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 i was thinking about trying them here in NH. do you have any more pics of the birds head that i can look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 no i already cleaned him, but the do work and fly pretty good for me. Ive shot them a couple of times at targets and they perform great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekudeerhunter Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 do u use the straws that come with em....i got em and got my bow all sighted in for the longer arrows and all that jazz....then i go to shoot the darn things into a pillow bout 20 yards and it goes flyin off to the left....bad.....so then i shoot it at 10 yards and destroy the pillow....i didnt know if the straws helped em fly or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 do u use the straws that come with em....i got em and got my bow all sighted in for the longer arrows and all that jazz....then i go to shoot the darn things into a pillow bout 20 yards and it goes flyin off to the left....bad.....so then i shoot it at 10 yards and destroy the pillow....i didnt know if the straws helped em fly or what? yes ive tried them with ecery type of straw and even with out, they are a must for my set up. I am accurate out to 30 with a pretty arc no side to side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 very nice , congrats !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the one Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Congrates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeybuster Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Congrats on the turkey and nice pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Congrats on the bow kill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 nice bird... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 way to go!! Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman2500 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 congrats and nice looking bird. pays to have friends to let you hunt when your birds are acting right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 he doesnt do to much turkey hunting, plus it was public and he just gave me the heads up. But yes i am very thankful to him for telling me and showing me where to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Awesome! I cant seem to find a good place to hunt birds. The state says they are getting thicker but I just cant find a good place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Way to go man, that's awesome. That's a good sized bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CSRoth Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Congrats on an awesome bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Great story......congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ekudeerhunter Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 see i was gonna use the straws but i didnt figure there was enough pressure for the blades to cut through them when it connected with a turkeys fleshy head....did they cut through for u? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 they do on a target but this one i got him with the tip of one blade. They barely started to cut but i didnt hit the straw hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Congrats!!!! Good job with the bow. I would like to try that one of these years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Attaboy huntinguide...congrats...way to improvise and put plan B together to make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 gotta give credit it too the GG the head is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Awesome! Public land with a bow....great bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 congrats the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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