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Killed my first ever...

2K views 26 replies 23 participants last post by  BIG OL AL 
#1 ·
...turkey with a bow. Hunted in Kansas and had a lot of action. Had several big gobblers that came close, but not close enough for me with archery equipment. Finally a jake came all the way to my decoy and I drilled him at 17 yards out.
 
#4 ·
Congrats Gamegetter on your first. And did you kill him with shorts on?
 
#10 ·
way to go joe


give us some more deatails
were you using a blind
were you shoot him at
did he drop on the spot or you have to watch him a while?
 
#12 ·
No Hayze, didn't shoot him with shorts on, but I was wearing the short sleeve shirt in the pic, from a blind with a bandana under my eyes. 90 freaking degrees and ticks everywhere. Tony, the jake was next to a decoy, but started getting nervous when I positioned my sights on him. He started walking away from the decoy, took two steps and I shot it in the back, the arrow exited just below the beard. I took some pictures of the entry and exit, but they are pretty graphic. The expandables blew a big hole through the bird. How's your little angel doing?
 
#13 ·
Congrats on the bowkill!!
:cheers::cheers:
 
#16 ·
Congrats. I may make a Kansas trip myself this year. Were you hunting public or private ground???

:cheers::cheers:
 
#17 ·
Mailman, just a shade under 6" beard, nubs for spurs, notched tail - jake for sure. Henry, private ground that a friend of mine put me on. He'll probably invite me back to hunt in May if I can afford the gas.
 
#25 ·
Good shooting! Once you start picken them off with arrows, you won't want to go back.

The trick I learned for dealing with gobblers who stut out there just a little too far is to put the decoys no more than five yards from the blind. They may stay 10 yards from the decs, but that's close enough for me!
 
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