JW

Oh Captain!

Subspecies: Eastern
State: Tennessee
Shot Distance: 41 yds.
Date: 04/02/09
Time of Day: 9:01 am
Weight 23# 6 0z
Beard Length - 10.78"
Right Spur - 1.125"
Left Spur - 0.625"
Your score is 23.375 + 11.25 + 6.25 + 21.56 = 62.435

JW




top of his head is gone!

BetterBirddogs

Sweet! I'm headed out in the rain this afternoon. Gonna try for number two.

gmil6184

Haha, you are awful thoughtful to give them a warning shot before you level them. Speaking of which those broadheads make a nasty hole - wow! Does it get the meat all blood shot or is it far enough back to avoid the breasts? I've never shot one with a bow, i think getting one with a 12 gauge is hard enough as it is without handicapping myself haha.

JW

will fill in the story when I get home - it is a doozy! but the way I look at it - three days of hunting here - could have shot a Jake on Day 1 & 2 and shot this on Day 3! Wow!





so far what a trip - was 2 for 3 from Georgia
Am 1 for 4 in TN so far but could have been 3 for 4 in 3 days.....
Shot the Jakes but you will see they all are still walking!

23# 6 oz
spurs 1 1/8, & 5/8s (broke off!)
beard 10 7/8"
Your score is 23.375 + 11.25 + 6.25 + 21.75 = 62.625

JW

JW

As I drove home I got to thinking -

I could have filled all 3 kills in Georgia!
I could have filled all 4 kills in Tenessee!

I have never done that - I only took the big birds.....In both states I had JakesI could have shot less than 20 yards from me - I did shout them so to speak - I took picutres to which I will post soon. Wow what a hunt!

JW

mohunter82

yea but would you have been as proud to kill a love sick jake or a hard headed mature tom that keeps playing you for a fool.

JW

Good point MO - but I made a pack long ago to let Jakes walk.........not being a purist - just is my type of hunting and I have been made a fool several times in both GA and TN - worked a few who which....well.......hehe...they won!

Even had one drummin right behind me no more than 20 yds......to which I never saw.......

JW

mohunter82

I made a similar pact as well. a couple years ago I had what was proly a mature tom in front of me. actually walked over me. gobbles right behind me and then walks right past my tree to get to my dekes. only had a 3-4 inch beard so i let him walk. now that i look back the way he was acting he may just not have had a good beard. but oh well. i killed him the next year and he was almost 10 inches long. glad I waited.

JW

One reason I like em close as I go by spurs - they pointy and long - don't give a rip about the beard!

JW

Western MA Hunter

Hello guys... back from Vegas... w/ a hole in my pocket... didn't lose too much, but didn't win either. Wife & I had a blast though... very expensive place though.. food & entertainment.


JW... you are on a roll!!! Keep it up!