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BOWHUNT
FOR THE RIO GRANDE
Missouri Turkey Hunt:
Day 1 | Day
2 | Day 3 | Hunt
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Bowhunt With Rick Philippi:
Day 1 | Rick's Hunt |
Bowhunt
With Rick Philippi
Day 01 Continued - The Gobbler
Flys Away...
Rick put his blind in a
field 20 yards from the field's edge and set up his decoys, the new Knight
& Hale Pretty Boy and Pretty Girl. In past years Rick has seen turkeys
at this location but had never hunted there.
Before long a strutting
big gobbler longbeard following a hen came, unheard, from behind the blind
and passed by out of bow range to Rick's left. The gobbler stopped 80 yards
away near the corner of the field. But hen walked around eating bugs and
stuff. Soon the hen left the gobbler and walked along the field's edge
in Rick's direction. It passed the blind within easy bow range.
However, the longbeard stayed
where he was and gobbled and strutted. Rick gave a few yelps and then decided
to stop calling. He thought that since the hen came through, the gobbler
would too. 40 minutes later the gobbler started walking, slow but steadily,
in the direction the hen had taken.
Soon the longbeard stepped
into easy bow range, between the blind and the field's edge. Rick drew.
He couldn't wait for the gobbler to stop so he aimed and shot. The hit
looked good.
But the gobbler launched
into the air and flew over the nearby trees and went out of sight in the
trees past the corner the gobbler had came from. Rick hurried to us to
see if we had seen the gobbler. We hadn't.
Rick knows these woods well
and he started looking where he had last seen the gobbler. He criss crossed
the patch of timber with no success for 150 yards. But he kept on going
and suddenly walked up on the gobbler laying on the ground. It was 300
yards from the blind. Rick gave out a loud war hoop so we'd know he'd found
it.
When Fred and I heard Rick's
yell we knew he had recovered his gobbler. I told Fred I was leaving to
find Rick and take his and the gobbler's picture. When I caught a glimpse
of Rick walking back to his blind and caught up to him. Here is Rick with
his eleven inch longbeard with sharp, inch and six tenths spurs.
EQUIPMENT COMMENTS:
BowTech Allegiance
- "In all my years of hunting I have never shot a bow that is as quiet,
fast and accurate as the BowTech Allegiance. It is incredible and in a
short time I've taken 15 animals with it."
Double Bull Blinds
- "It is the "turkey killing machine. The best ground blind on the market.
The features and benefits that it has is second to none. Easy to set up,
no glare, plenty of room, I love it."
Other Equipment Mentions
- Rick used Carbon Express Terminator Hunter arrows tipped with Razorcap
Broadheads from New Archery Products and a Trophy Ridge Drop Away Rest.
His decoys were the Knight & Hale Pretty Boy and Pretty Girl.
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