gunrunr
Life Member
It's getting very hard for me to get up at 4 am to hunt turkeys for a few hours and then farm until dark so I try to pick the days I know I can't be in the tractor to go out. This morning when the alarm went off it was raining out but a quick check of the radar looked like there would be several breaks in the rain on and off all morning so off I went.
My blind was already set up in what I thought was a good spot on one of my farms so all I had to carry in was my new Bowtech BT-X bow, decoy bag and a cup of coffee with my calls in a small fanny pack. Shivvering in the blind as it started to get light I still hadn't heard any gobbles, it was starting to rain and I was getting very COLD! Second guessing my decision to go out this morning. I hit the slate trying my best to sound like a lonesome hen and it was immediately answered by several gobbles.
It was game on!
Being so dark and rainy it took forever for them to fly down but sure enough, I looked out the side window and here came four toms right for my decoys! They strutted around, picking at my jake and were totally unaware that i was sitting only 18 yards away in my Double Bull blind. I lined up a shot and let a Grim Reaper loose and watched that tom do a back flip and land right there flopping among the decoys. The other toms stayed right there and started to strut again so I loaded another arrow, picked out a second tom and let another arrow loose. That bird just dropped to the ground without a flop and was stone cold dead instantly. The other two toms were still there and didn't run off until I stepped out of the blind. Archery hunting for turkeys is awesome!!!
Two birds down and it was barely past 6:30 AM.
Smaller one was 21.9#, 7/8" spurs and 9.5" beard.
Bigger bird was 24.4#, 1 1/8" spurs on both sides and 9 9/16" beard for a score of 66 on NWTF scoring.
My blind was already set up in what I thought was a good spot on one of my farms so all I had to carry in was my new Bowtech BT-X bow, decoy bag and a cup of coffee with my calls in a small fanny pack. Shivvering in the blind as it started to get light I still hadn't heard any gobbles, it was starting to rain and I was getting very COLD! Second guessing my decision to go out this morning. I hit the slate trying my best to sound like a lonesome hen and it was immediately answered by several gobbles.
It was game on!
Being so dark and rainy it took forever for them to fly down but sure enough, I looked out the side window and here came four toms right for my decoys! They strutted around, picking at my jake and were totally unaware that i was sitting only 18 yards away in my Double Bull blind. I lined up a shot and let a Grim Reaper loose and watched that tom do a back flip and land right there flopping among the decoys. The other toms stayed right there and started to strut again so I loaded another arrow, picked out a second tom and let another arrow loose. That bird just dropped to the ground without a flop and was stone cold dead instantly. The other two toms were still there and didn't run off until I stepped out of the blind. Archery hunting for turkeys is awesome!!!
Two birds down and it was barely past 6:30 AM.
Smaller one was 21.9#, 7/8" spurs and 9.5" beard.
Bigger bird was 24.4#, 1 1/8" spurs on both sides and 9 9/16" beard for a score of 66 on NWTF scoring.
