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BOWHUNT
IN NEBRASKA
Nebraska:
Hunt 3 -- They're Back, Part 2
The hen walked behind a tree
near the decoys and the two strutter longbeards followed her side by side.
Fred drew back when the pair of gobblers were behind the tree in
front of us.
When they came out from
behind the tree the two gobblers were still side by side. Fred held.
The Merriam's hurried ahead
of the Eastern, leaving him in the clear, with no other turkeys in the
way or behind him. Fred aimed and shot. The arrow knocked the Eastern gobbler
sideways and almost knocked him off his feet.
All the hens and jakes stayed
put and the Eastern unsteadily began walking up the hill. The Merriam's
strutter fell in behind him. Fred got on his knees and instinctively grabbed
another arrow and nocked it. The Eastern was 25 yards away when Fred took
a second shot. As luck would have it I took the picture below at the right
time and here is the arrow's moment of impact.
The Eastern turned wobbly
into the nearby cedars and disappeared for an instant. We saw his wings
flap and stop. He was down. All the other turkeys were now moving our of
the area but when the jakes saw the Eastern's demise they raced to him
and attached him. Their fighting purrs were very loud as we watched their
wings beating the dead Eastern and their red heads pecking the fallen
boss gobbler.
When they were gone we went
to recover Fred's Eastern.
"It was the most enjoyable
45 minutes in the turkey woods that I've ever had.," said Fred, "Sitting
within 20 yards of wild turkeys watching them do their turkey thing."
FRED''S EQUIPMENT COMMENTS
After sitting nearly motionless
for 45 minutes the Diamond
Black Ice was still very smooth drawing. It is obvious how quiet
this bow is, with all the hen commotion and yelping, they were not startled
by the shot. The Black Ice comes from the factory pre-silenced. The
only additional silencing I used was some "Fuzzy Stuff" on the bow sight
window and on the outside of my bowsight so the arrow wouldn't make any
noise if I clinked it against the bow.
When lining up the front
and back pins of the Kingsway
Archery TRIAD One Pin bowsight you need a relaxed grip. This
sight reminds me to relax my grip so I don't torque the bow. I shoot with
a bow sling. In my store Freddie Bear Sports I always recommend that everyone
uses a bow sling because it helps the shooter keep a relaxed grip on the
bow and prevents putting torque on the bow's grip. If you hold your bow
grip too tight the bow torque's right or left and you can tell that with
this sight because the pins don't line up. When you relax your grip the
TRIAD's pins line right up.
I saw my first arrow center
shoot the gobbler and because he was still on his feet and offered me a
second shot. I took it. It is best to do as much damage as you can to put
the game down quickly. The devastation of the two quick shots and
the damage from the Grim
Reaper RazorTIp dropped the gobbler in 30 yards.
OH OH, HERE IS ANOTHER GOBBLER...
After our picture taking
we returned to the blind. With a few steps still to go a close gobble sounded.
Fred dropped his gobbler and we zoomed ourselves into the blind. None too
fast either, a gobbler walked up a minute later.
A Lone jake looked the Eastern
over and then went away to our right. We were not interested in shooting
this particular bird because we had more days to hunt and felt we would
have more chances at ones with longer beards.
Our first day's exciting
hunts were over. I had a Merriam's and Fred had an Eastern. And we witnessed
some of the best wild turkey action and interaction a bowhunter could hope
to see.
Our host Mr. T met us at
the barn when we were stashing our gear for the night. Then we went to
his house and Mrs. E cooked a very tasty chicken casserole. Afterward we
learned it was Mr. T's birthday and we all ate some of his home made from
scratch chocolate cake.
That night it rained but
as we drank coffee and got ready for the second day's hunt the rain turned
into a drizzle. |
