ccwhitey Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 I got up today really after only a few hrs of sleep and actually decided to get out of bed because there was a hard frost and the low was 28. Right as it got light I was greated by a gobble that was less that 70 yrds away. At 7:17 they flew into the corn field that I was 20yrds of off. After a few minutes of feeding on the corn I was able to see what I thought was a group of toms. I saw that only one actually was a mature tom and two others that were jakes. Naturally I wanted to get the boss tom so when he finally made it into a spot where I could shoot I took my chance only to come up short. I used my 30 yrd pin believing it was only 35 yrds and boy was I wrong:mad:. My arrow hit the ground right in front of him and then flew right past him cause the ground was frozed solid. He immediately got well out of range while the others just stood there frozen not knowing that their leader just missed the shaft:(. However they did not know where the shot came from and were all looking in the opposite direction. This gave me a chance to knock another arrow and set my pin on the next closest bird. This time I figured that the shot was at least 50 yrds and sent my beman arrow right into the the point of its wing. When I climbed down at 9:45 I was a little surprised to find that what I thought was a jake turned out to be a hen:eek: She was with the only hen with 4 other birds that were jakes and a tom. After the fact was over I used my brother's range finder to determine the actual yardage was 51 yrds. This is my first bird taken with a bow and I couldn't be more excited;):D Thanks for listening and good luck this season to all. cc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 congrats. that has to be a challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Way to go on the turkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 good looking turkey! congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Nice work bud, I have been trying now for a couple weeks to get one with my bow. Still havnt connected. Congrats on the turkey. -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Congrats on the turkey!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bghunter777 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Congrats in the fall i actually hunt hens. much like needing to take does we need to take a few hens. and oh yeah those big old gobblers are much much more fun to hunt in the spring i like to keep them around for the spring season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie234 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 congrats, nice turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Guess I'll congratulate you again... Geesh, gotta rub everything in my face don't you man!!:D J/K, congrats on the bird, heckuva shot by the way too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruse Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Good job.nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 congrats, nice shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Hunter Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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