redeyeddawg
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But not a good one. Went out to a farm this morning a mile from home. Didn't hear anything on roost, but was set up in a field that would take them awhile to get to. Stuck a hen and jake decoy in the ground, crawled into the pop up blind, and nocked an arrow on the Mathews. Didn't have much confidence as I'd only worked a couple birds there in the past. They seem to spend a lot more time on the next farm over, but didn't have long to hunt since Little League started today and I coach one of my son's teams. Anyway, I started giving some fairly loud yelps every 10 minutes or so on my custom box and read a magazine. Five minutes after some yelps I hear a thundering gobble across the field in the timber about 150 yards away. A couple cuts on a diaphram and here he came. Got some good video of this stud of a gobbler then had to put the camera down for the shot. His beard resembled a horse tail. He strutted up to the jake decoy at 17 yards to stare him down. THREE arrows later he was heading for the timber with his feathers intact. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif A hen started to yelp across the field and kept him gobbling behind me. This brings in two gobbling jakes two minutes later. The trio crested a small rise and spotted the decoys and raced toward me from 100 yards out. I'm thinking "consolation prize" after the previous display of expert shooting. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif TWANG- arrow number FOUR cuts a few feathers off the closest jake (15 yards) I have one more arrow but decided I'd had enough and video the group heading into the woods to join the longbeard. I've shot some really nice bucks with a bow but when I draw on a turkey it absolutely fries my nerves. That's plenty of action for a morning when nothing was expected to happen. Anyone here ever shoot four arrows on the same turkey hunt? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
