So we went out Monday night at about 5:30pm (my guy doesn't get done with college until late on Mondays) and we got out to our spot and got everything set up. We got sat down in our blind and called a couple times and suddenly heard BIG gobbles in every direction! We peeked out and we were basically surrounded by turkeys. About 7 or 8 on one side of us (5 of them were 3 year old toms), and on the other side was a little grove. The group to the left went around the wrong side of a line of evergreens and ended up going behind us and crossing the river. But at the same time, a jake stepped out of the timber and walked in front of our decoys, but too far out to shoot. He doubled back around and was coming in at about 5 yards, but when Tyson peeked out to see where he was, the jake saw him and turned around. He ended up going behind us and we called to him a little more and he came back up the hill to offer us a shot finally. When he was at 20 yards I drew back and shot....only to have my bowstring snap my coat sleeve!!!
The arrow was perfect left/right, but landed right in front of his toes and he calmly turned around and walked back into the grove. We tried calling him back and could see him in the trees, but he decided he'd had enough. We stayed there the rest of the night calling, hoping the birds across the river would fly back over to roost in the grove. They sure gobbled a lot, but ended up roosting over there. That jake lucked out! He had a BIG gobble for just a little guy. His beard was so small I could barely see it, lol. But I don't care about that, I just want to make my first bowkill. That would be a very big accomplishment for me, especially a turkey because they are so challenging. I wasn't that upset that I missed (I think the boyfriend was more upset!) because it was still awesome to hear them gobble and just see them up close. I've never seen a turkey in real life before.
We went out again yesterday and saw a few hens but got no action. Going out again tomorrow afternoon and Saturday morning. Hopefully I'll have a picture to show you after that
