Killer B did his job today but Mt. Man couldn't get it done!

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Killer B did his job today but Mt. Man couldn't get it done!

Unread postby Mountain Man » Fri May 20, 2011 12:43 pm

Early this morning two hens entered an adjacent field and a few minutes later the tom followed. The hens eventually walked behind my setup and the tom was going that way too. He was drumming and strutting most of the way ~150 yards. After a while he came into my setup of Killer B standing over a hen and two other hen decoys (one feeder and one upright). I drew on him and had to hold for about 36 seconds. That doesn’t seem that long but I was feeling it a bit. He finally gave me a decent quartering away shot and I blew it. I don’t know for sure what went wrong other than operator error and I think the combination of holding too long coupled with not picking a spot and rushing the shot made me hit higher than I wanted. I grazed his neck as there was a little meat on the arrow. He ran into the woods but reappeared in the field a couple minutes later but was too far away for another shot. I watched him for about a half hour before he finally made his way over a hill and out of site. I’m very disappointed in what happened :cry: since it should have been a chip shot but it happens. I still have 3 more days left to try and fill a tag with the bow again.

Here is some video from this morning’s hunt in WI.
[bbvideo=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkCMyWqjkZc[/bbvideo]


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Unread postby cornfedkiller » Fri May 20, 2011 1:02 pm

Looks like you got him right in the neck..Im actually kinda surprised he didnt go down - what kind of broadhead are you using?

Glad to see Killer-B pulling them in..Ive been really happy with mine since getting it before this season.

Nice video, and good luck during the next three days! Looking forward to some more video! 8-)
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Unread postby JRM6868 » Fri May 20, 2011 2:12 pm

That bird doesn't realize how lucky he is. Good luck on the rest of the season!Great vid! 8-)
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Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Fri May 20, 2011 3:22 pm

Awesome slow motion Magic!!!! What are you using to get that kind of footage?
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Unread postby Ack » Fri May 20, 2011 7:10 pm

Boy.....if that would have been a Bullhead on the end of your arrow.......!
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Unread postby cornfedkiller » Sat May 21, 2011 12:11 am

Jeez I stopped the video before the slow motion replays started, and after watching them, I realize my first statement in my post above is a little obvious :oops:

Im still kinda surprised he flew away looking almost unharmed though!
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Unread postby Wrinkleneck » Sat May 21, 2011 5:59 am

Man that bird should have been down!!!!
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Unread postby Mountain Man » Sat May 21, 2011 7:50 am

The broadhead was a Muzzy 3-blade. Right before the season started I thought about switching to something like the Hammerhead. I'm going to make the switch to a large diameter expandable for turkeys for next season.

Ack - After reviewing the video I also thought he would be dead with a Bullhead.

DEERSLAYER - I use a Sony Handycam that is about 6 years old and I download and edit using Microsoft Movie Maker.
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Unread postby DEERSLAYER » Sat May 21, 2011 8:03 am

Mountain Man wrote:...DEERSLAYER - I use a Sony Handycam that is about 6 years old and I download and edit using Microsoft Movie Maker.

Cool, thanks Mountain Man!!!!!


P.S. Sorry I called you Magic! :oops: I guess it was because your slow motion was so awesome it was like Magic. :lol: ;)
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Unread postby PLB » Sat May 21, 2011 12:28 pm

Wrinkleneck wrote:Man that bird should have been down!!!!

:shock: No doubt!! GREAT VIDEO MAN!!!
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Unread postby Uncle Lou » Sat May 21, 2011 11:45 pm

you got robbed. That was a great shot
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Unread postby dan » Sun May 22, 2011 1:17 am

Great footage.. Good luck this weekend
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Unread postby BackWoodsHunter » Sun May 22, 2011 10:06 am

Good video the shot looked good to me!
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