Rainy Day Recurve Bird

[jonsimoneau]

What a wet cold spring it has been! I setup in a spot where I had seen turkeys on a previous scouting trip. Despite the wet cold weather, birds were gobbling fairly good on the roost. They got quiet when they hit the ground but I stayed put knowing they were in the area. After a little while I game 'em some sexy yelps and excited cuts on a Crystal Mistress pot call by David Halloran. That did the trick. This bird started coming to me from a couple hundred yards across the field. I shut up and let him come. When he got about 60 yards out, he saw my decoys, but started to shy away. I figured it was due to the fact that my decoys were not moving at all. I gave him a few purrs and clucks to add to the realism and that did it. He turned around and came right into the decoys. I waited for him to face away from me then drew back, got the feather to my nose and drilled him with one of the BIG treesharks. I was somewhat astounded when he instantly took flight! My concern was not needed, as he went down in mid-flight. 10.5 inch beard, 1 inch spurrs. Unfortunately, it started raining right after I shot him, so there was little I could do to make the fan look pretty, but I couldn't care less! I shot him with one of my favorite bows, my old Habu recurve, and one of the 160 grain Simmons Treesharks.

[Uncle Lou]

Nice hunt. Congrats jon

[dan]

[PLB]

Great bird!!! Congrats!!!!

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[Jackson Marsh]

Outstanding! Great trad kill

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[UntouchableNess]

Kudos for the use of a recurve. Bird looks great to me, even wet.

[Black Squirrel]

congrats!