moosehunter
PMA Member
This has to be beginers luck. I just shot my second turkey with a bow today. Tried it bright and early this morning but got rained out with out seeing anything but a coyote. Then it rain for several hours. When it stopped I hit it again. Set up the blind, crawled in and barely got set down when 6 birds landed 15 yards from the blind. 2 toms in that bunch, looked out another window and 3 more toms 50 yards out. 1st bunch left but 2nd bunch came in to 30 yards and hung up. Finally they left and after calling for a while with no response I decided to sneak a couple hundred yards down the draw. Got set up and 5 minutes later had birds all around at different times. Nothing came in closer than 30 yards though until the last 3 moved in on the decoys. I came to full draw on the biggest one (17 yards) and let him have it.
The best part of the whole thing is having my dad along with. I think, no, I know he was happier than I was. That was the 1st time he ever was turkey hunting so it was cool to have so many birds in close for him to see. Then top it off by me shooting one. He called me when he finally made it home later in the day and said he had already called 2 of his friends and my brother to tell the story.
Saturday morning dad told me he was gonna split up his guns between me and my 2 brothers because he doesn't trust himself with them anymore. He says his hands shake too much. He knows he's gonna miss going out but maybe I found a way he can go and enjoy a hunt.
here's a picture. he's looks pretty bad here. after the shot he flopped around and ended up in a creek.
The best part of the whole thing is having my dad along with. I think, no, I know he was happier than I was. That was the 1st time he ever was turkey hunting so it was cool to have so many birds in close for him to see. Then top it off by me shooting one. He called me when he finally made it home later in the day and said he had already called 2 of his friends and my brother to tell the story.
Saturday morning dad told me he was gonna split up his guns between me and my 2 brothers because he doesn't trust himself with them anymore. He says his hands shake too much. He knows he's gonna miss going out but maybe I found a way he can go and enjoy a hunt.
here's a picture. he's looks pretty bad here. after the shot he flopped around and ended up in a creek.
