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Well heres my second turkey for this season and my 5th turkey with a bow!

I was walking an old power line road and didnt hear a single gobble and I decided to take a walk up an old dilapidated road that I had seen good sign on. Not long after I decided to go up there I just 2 jackrabbits and thought well i guess even if i dont see any turkey it was cool to see those and it was a beautiful day here anyway. So a little farther down the trail I can hear spitting and drumming......I had no idea how far away but i had to get around the next corner to find out. I saw somewhere between 5 and ten birds and this strutter just really stood out to me and I could easily tell he was the dominant one. I took my time and snuck up with in 75 yards of these guys and realized that they werent alarmed becuase there was a lot of brush and trees between us. I pretty much crawled the last 20 yards and decided it was either now or never and I just had to try. I drew back and stepped to the side of a tree to get a view of the turkeys. I could see 2 hens and 2 jakes but i could still hear spitting and drumming so i knew these werent the strutter. The turkeys still hadnt noticed me and I took one more step which allowed me to see a beautiful bird showing off for his hens. I didnt have a rangefinder and did the best i could at guessing the range at 55 yards,at this rangei really didnt expect to hit him. So i put the 50 right over where the wingbone connects to the body and let er fly. I never thought this would happen but i somehow drilled him right in the wingbone and to my surpise dropped in his tracks!!! It was an absolutely priceless hunt!

5 1/2" Beard
1/2" spurs
20 pounds