i got back from the cabin yesterday and hate to break the news, i missed 2 jakes. Since i was using a bow, i was gunna take anything i could get. sunday afternoon, a jake came in behind me and was behind all this brush. i tried calling him in but it didn't work. i then decided to get outta my Doghouse blind and jump a lil creek and set up close to where he was heading so i could ambush him. i get all set up and sure enough, here he comes. i draw back at full draw and he keeps coming closer and closer to me. now at this point i couldn't see a beard or spurs cause of the thick grass and weeds. he comes within 10 feet of me just looking at me wondering what i am. i arm is killing me cause i've been at full draw for 2 min or more. he soon walks away and starts crossing the bridge the way he headed. i let down. i decided i was gunna follow him and see if it was the jake just cause i wouldn't be guessing that night. i start a little run and see him dusting in the middle of the bridge. he gets up and looks at me when i see the little 3 inch beard and spurs. i pull back and get starts walking away. i send a gobbler guilotine at him and knick his left wing. he jumps up and starts running away. i try chasing after him but loose track of him.
Then when i got back to my cabin, i see another jake in out rye field we have. i quick get my bow and run along the pines that border the rye field. i get within 40 yds of where he is at and don't see him.i pop my head up a lil bit and see him. i continue to get closer and close until i'm30 yds away and behind a pine tree. he spotted me and starts getting suspicious. since i had my mouth call, i clucked a few times and he kept looking. i then started clucking more and started walking parrel from the tree and the turkey into a clear spot. i pull back on him and he's still looking at me. he turns around and is about to run when i release an arrow. he flys up and away. i try to chase after him and see where he lands but i signeled my dad to come and help me which was a mistake since i didn't know where he went. from where i shot, there was some bloody feathers and noticed that since he was at 30yds and my bow was sighted in at 20 yds. i got him in the butt[:@].
i even took my sisters black lab out in the pines where i last saw him to see if i could find him and nothing.
so boys, sorry that i didn't get one, maybe coulda got in first this year but o well. they were about 25-30 pound birds too
