Team 10 Thread -- "Flock Busters"
04-24-2009, 04:52 AM
#182
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 494
RE: Team 10 Thread
Well, the second day I got it done! This is my very first turkey, and I did it with the bow.
Here's the story. Opening day got my BIL and myself in the blind at his farm at 4:45AM. About 5AM the gobbles started, we could hear about 3 toms, one close and the other two a good couple hundred yards away. At light we saw the Tom come down from roost and land, it seemed like 45yards, but later after being outside the blind it was more like 30 yards, very deceiving in the early morning inside ethe blind. Anyway, this was not a good direction because the birds were not supposed to come from that direction so I only had a peek window, not a shooting window open. I had hoped he would come out and around about 90 degrees to a shooting window, but he never did. Nine hens took him out past the other blind and into the field,(note to self, let's go in the blind tomorrow!) We tried a couple different areas for the rest of the day, saw some henned up toms and a couple lone hens came within range, but no shots. On to the next day, Thursday.
WE set up in the other blind, that we cleared and opened a couple windows in for the bow. Normally my BIL and nephew only hunt with shotgun, so they only open the windows a crack. Same thing, we sneak into the blind in the dark and get set. We busted out a deer that crashed through the woods on the way in, not good, lots of noise. Thursday AM, no gobbles, an hour goes by with NO turkey sound. Finally, we get a gobble, not real close, but good. He gobbles 3 times and shut up. It's plenty light and I look out the back of the blind and see TOm on the ground with a couple hens. Never heard them come off roost. I see and hear a couple more hens come down and he is strutting his stuff. My BIL sees them so i just stay at the ready out in front(the only way I planned to shoot because of the underbrush). It took the birds about 45 minutes and then BIL announces that a hen is in the field. Sure enough, she comes walking the field edge(15 yards) towards us, then another, and another, and another. 5 hens are now in front when BIL says here he comes, get ready. I drew back and peek around the corner of the window at full draw. There he comes all fanned out. Basically doing circles and never stopping at all. I take the shot at 15 yards and he flops around about 3-4 feet in the air a few times and feathers are everywhere. My BIL gets out and runs him down. Pretty comical actually, he catches up with the tom and kicks it flipping and steps on it, out of breath. I get over to him and we do the handshake, out of breath coughing(he just quit smoking). He lets the toms head up and taps it when, all of a sudden, the bird gets up and runs, fast! Back into the woods, under the fence, BIL catches up to it, grabs a big stick, goes to hit it, gone again, the chase is on!! Through 50 yards of woods under another fence, across the road, through the ditch, tries to go under another fence, hits the barbs, turns and tries to hide under a pine tree. Now we are both out of breath, but can easily get the bird. This time it does not get up. LAter on I look where I hit it and he must have turned towards me right at the shot and it went in at the shoulder and came out the offside wing. THe arrow never wenet into the chest at all. He probably would have made it if we did not run it down. It sure makes for a good story on my first turkey ever!
Hope the picture works.
Dandbuck
21 1/2 pounds, short rounded spurs at 5/8 and 11/16, singel beard was 9 1/8", I think the comes to 52.875, not a huge monster, but my first!
Here's the story. Opening day got my BIL and myself in the blind at his farm at 4:45AM. About 5AM the gobbles started, we could hear about 3 toms, one close and the other two a good couple hundred yards away. At light we saw the Tom come down from roost and land, it seemed like 45yards, but later after being outside the blind it was more like 30 yards, very deceiving in the early morning inside ethe blind. Anyway, this was not a good direction because the birds were not supposed to come from that direction so I only had a peek window, not a shooting window open. I had hoped he would come out and around about 90 degrees to a shooting window, but he never did. Nine hens took him out past the other blind and into the field,(note to self, let's go in the blind tomorrow!) We tried a couple different areas for the rest of the day, saw some henned up toms and a couple lone hens came within range, but no shots. On to the next day, Thursday.
WE set up in the other blind, that we cleared and opened a couple windows in for the bow. Normally my BIL and nephew only hunt with shotgun, so they only open the windows a crack. Same thing, we sneak into the blind in the dark and get set. We busted out a deer that crashed through the woods on the way in, not good, lots of noise. Thursday AM, no gobbles, an hour goes by with NO turkey sound. Finally, we get a gobble, not real close, but good. He gobbles 3 times and shut up. It's plenty light and I look out the back of the blind and see TOm on the ground with a couple hens. Never heard them come off roost. I see and hear a couple more hens come down and he is strutting his stuff. My BIL sees them so i just stay at the ready out in front(the only way I planned to shoot because of the underbrush). It took the birds about 45 minutes and then BIL announces that a hen is in the field. Sure enough, she comes walking the field edge(15 yards) towards us, then another, and another, and another. 5 hens are now in front when BIL says here he comes, get ready. I drew back and peek around the corner of the window at full draw. There he comes all fanned out. Basically doing circles and never stopping at all. I take the shot at 15 yards and he flops around about 3-4 feet in the air a few times and feathers are everywhere. My BIL gets out and runs him down. Pretty comical actually, he catches up with the tom and kicks it flipping and steps on it, out of breath. I get over to him and we do the handshake, out of breath coughing(he just quit smoking). He lets the toms head up and taps it when, all of a sudden, the bird gets up and runs, fast! Back into the woods, under the fence, BIL catches up to it, grabs a big stick, goes to hit it, gone again, the chase is on!! Through 50 yards of woods under another fence, across the road, through the ditch, tries to go under another fence, hits the barbs, turns and tries to hide under a pine tree. Now we are both out of breath, but can easily get the bird. This time it does not get up. LAter on I look where I hit it and he must have turned towards me right at the shot and it went in at the shoulder and came out the offside wing. THe arrow never wenet into the chest at all. He probably would have made it if we did not run it down. It sure makes for a good story on my first turkey ever!
Hope the picture works.
Dandbuck
21 1/2 pounds, short rounded spurs at 5/8 and 11/16, singel beard was 9 1/8", I think the comes to 52.875, not a huge monster, but my first!
04-25-2009, 11:42 AM
#186
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 1,068
RE: Team 10 Thread
WOW yall are really puttin a hurtin on these birds! Congrats to everybody, nice turkeys! Sorry I wasn't able to put more on the board, as I think today was the last day I'll get to go.......finals start next week. Had a bird gobble for an hour in a food plot about 150 yards from me this morning. I couldnt see him because I woulda been in plain sight of him, so I set up and tried to call him down a road at the field edge. Didn't call much at all though so I know I didnt hang him up. Something was telling me he wasn't gonna come until later, so in a last ditch effort I gobbled at him 3 or 4 times to see if that would piss him off enough. Nothing happened so I went to truck and ate some beanie weenies and think, then decided to just drive down there to see how many were there, then I would go after em tomorrow. Got down there and it was 3 little old jakes not even taller than my knee, I had worked a jake for an hour thinking he was a better bird.....he sure had a nice gobble on him. Not too great of a year for me. Most of my birds stayed down in the hollows off the power line and were almost impossible to get to early, they never wanted to play and when they did they made me look stupid flanking me every way possible, no birds in the fields til right now when I have to be studying, one of those years I reckon.....it happens. BUT at least I was able to get one, and I'm happy with him. Things look good for us now though! Keep bustin em guys, and it's been fun!
04-26-2009, 06:47 PM
#188
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,093
RE: Team 10 Thread
My buddy brought his son in from Oklahoma over the weekend to hunt. I took them to my honey hole. His 11 year old son killed a triple bearded tom. The 3 beards were like 10 1/2, 9, and 7. He weighed 19 lbs and had 1 inch spurs. He is doing a full body mount for his son. I will post a picture later.
I can hunt again in the morning, will try to up my score but it might be tuff. Good luck guys and lets stay on top where we belong.
I can hunt again in the morning, will try to up my score but it might be tuff. Good luck guys and lets stay on top where we belong.
04-27-2009, 08:27 AM
#189
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,093
RE: Team 10 Thread
Went out this morning, heard no gobbling, pouring down rain, and I have the worst tooth ache ever. Set up on the edge of a small field and had 7 hens pitch it. Not one gobbler to be seen. However this bearded hen walked in to 18 steps and with the weather conditions, the gobbling activity and me getting ready to havea tooth pulled I finished my season with this 12 lb hen with a 7 1/2 inch beard.
04-28-2009, 05:36 AM
#190
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 494
RE: Team 10 Thread
Nice DTC! How many birds is that for you this year?
I can buy another tag for the May20-24 season, just don't know if i can put in the time with all I have to do around the house. i do want to get out there more though, because this turkey hunting just seemed too easy for some reason, it has to be harder than that. Plus I figured i would get busted drawing back my bow or something. I may just have to buy a tag anyway I guess.
Later
\Dandbuck
I can buy another tag for the May20-24 season, just don't know if i can put in the time with all I have to do around the house. i do want to get out there more though, because this turkey hunting just seemed too easy for some reason, it has to be harder than that. Plus I figured i would get busted drawing back my bow or something. I may just have to buy a tag anyway I guess.
Later
\Dandbuck