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BOWHUNT
IN NEBRASKA
"Longbeard"
Coffee Cups = Real Good Luck, Part 2
After lunch we went back
to the hill where we hunted the first day. We set out our decoys and stuck
our bows and gear in the blind. Some soft hen yelps out of sight up the
hill got us in a real hurry to get inside the blind and get sat down.
I nocked and arrow and propped my bow up against the sides of the blind.
I soft yelped with the Woodhaven copperhead to get the turkeys attention
and got a gobble that rattled the walls of the blind. Seconds later we
saw hens 40 yards uphill and I took a pic of them at 12:51.
Behind them the gobbler's
red head stuck up and he saw our decoys. He did not waste a minute, he
came on down at a brisk walk. I put the Sony's cross hairs on the gobbler
and took his pic at 12:52.
I knew I needed to get my
bow in my hand right away but I could not resist taking one more picture.
I laid the camera on the
ground. The gobbler was an Eastern and was now 10 yards from the decoys.
Carefully, but a quickly as possible I gripped the handle of my BowTech
and hooked my release on the string loop. The gobbler was almost to the
decoys as I came to full draw. The Kingsway sight pin was very bright,
just the way I like it, and I put the green fiber optic circle between
the gobbler's waddles and his beard and touched the trigger. It knocked
him down and he his wing flaps move him a short 10 yards and he hit the
ground dead still. I took a pic.
When the hens were out of
the area I recovered the gobbler. I laid it in the shade behind the blind
and stepped inside it. Now it was Fred's turn again. He didn't have to
wait long.
EQUIPMENT COMMENTS:
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Grim
Reaper RazorTip - Amazing! This 3/4 inch cut-on-impact expandable
broadhead is doing us right on this year's Grand Slam turkey hunt. These
broadheads fly like field tips so sighting in for them was quick and easy.
The RazorTip has a razor blade cut-on-impact tip and that helps by cutting
through these birds thick and rigid feathers, feathers which can actually
deflect many other broadheads. The entrance cut was in the neck below the
waddles and the broadhead sliced along the spine for another 12 inches
of mostly bone. Impressive cutting power as well as penetration.
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Kingsway
Archery Triad One Pin Bowsight - I said this before, but it is
right on. The pin on this bowsight is BRIGHT. BRIGHT. BRIGHT. Definitely
the brightest and most visible that I have ever used. Seeing your sight
pins from the darkness of a pop up blind is always an issue. Usually you
have to use a light to illuminate your pin, unless you stick the bow right
up to the shooting window, which can spook the game. This is the absolute
best bowsight I've ever used in a ground blind.
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Bowtech
Guardian - Fred and I practice shooting ever day, even if only
for a short time. The quietness and smooth draw o the Guardian continues
to impress me more every day. When I shot both this and the Merriam's gobblers
the other birds were not alarmed by the sound of the bow, it's that quiet.
BowTech has come from a small bow company to a leader in archery and bowhunting.
One look at the Guardian and you see a bow with new ideas. Good ideas for
bowhunters.
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Tree
Apron - Carry all the stuff you need for turkey hunting and use
it for a comfortable seat while you wait hours on end in the turkey woods.
The Tree Apron carries all the stuff I want to carry for turkey hunting
and the pocket system makes them easy to locate when a gobbler is coming
and saving time is imperative.
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Copperhead mouth call (Woodhaven
Custom Calls) - A few soft yelps brought 'them down. I used this call
for the first time last year and it has a realistic, clear tone. Woodhaven's
calls sound like real turkeys.
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Other Bow Accessories:
VENOM peep sight system, the new Fletch Hook release for string loops by
Jim Fletcher Archery, Trophy Ridge Drop Zone arrow rest and my favorite
quiver for a ground blind the FINE-LINE bowquiver.
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Arrows: MAXIMA 350 carbon
arrows (Carbon Express), fletched with the easy to use, accurate
Arizona EZ-Fletch using Gateway
Feathers yellow died barred feathers. I used bright yellow arrow wraps
from EZ-EYE Arrow Wraps. I made these arrws special for this year's
Grand Slam bowhunt.
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Giving credit where it is due
the Matrix blind from Double Bull makes it possible for a bowhunter
to hunt turkeys without being detected by these sharp eyed birds. And I
can't say enough about the hen and jake Calley Morris decoys. These
taxidermy decoys look totally realistic -- after all they were real turkeys.
Time and time again when longbeards, jakes and hens saw these decoys they
come right to them. I'm talking coming without the hesitation they usually
have when they see plastic decoys.
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