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Team 7 - ''JAKES OR BETTER''

goblueM

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sticknstring Grand Master

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Great looking bird blue and congrats on your first with the bow! Hopefully the first of many. Better buy your buddy a beverage for marking that bird so well - memorable recovery for sure!

My first turkey I ever shot with the bow died in mid-air like that. While tracking, I snuck within 20 yds and put another arrow in him. He pitched off the side of a ravine and took flight over a picked cornfield. Watched him fold up 30 ft in the air. Tough birds!

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my buddy is an amateur taxidermy guy, he skinned it out to try doing a mount. We found some shotgun pellets in the breast, and the left wing had been broken by a shot, re-healed over the pellets. Tough birds indeed!

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Well, was on a really nice bird this morning, roosted 100 yards away, talking to him and his hens, saw them fly down 75 yards away.

And then some guys drove down the church driveway at the bottom of the hill (about 60 yards away) and poached the bird. mad

Well, I'm assuming they got him, I couldn't see anything but the fact that it was a gray or silver vehicle that wasn't a pickup truck, they were out of there really fast. Packed everything up and went down there and there was a 3 inch #4 shell from a 12 gauge. They must have been aiming just about at my blind, thankfully there were a lot of trees and a bit of elevation in the way otherwise I might be just more than ticked off

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3 bearded turkeys per license year, which includes spring and fall. I've been here for 2 full hunting seasons and I've had a treestand and a trail camera stolen and a bird poached from under me. And I haven't even been hunting public land much

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Wow - the C.O.'s must be in short supply like here in MN. I'd hate to hunt the pubic land out there!

I hope we're able to have greater opportunities to hunt birds here in MN one day. We've come a long ways in the past 10 years but still have some work to do. I only get an April tag once every 3 years! At least you can buy OTC tags for May when you're not drawn. That's a start.

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Either way, I'm expecting a nice bird from Davey! How's that for pressure on the guide? smile

Here is a pic of what they look like Gordie,my guiding was pretty good this morning. Called this one into range thru the hurricane strength winds. Davey if you want to fire your guide and actually have a chance at a bird I have tomorrow open. shockedlaugh

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Davey said he ready for another day in the blind with dad first AS

Nice bird and I didnt know that they came to the sound of you snoring grin but if thats how you call em in then you must be really good at it laugh

We only had one hen in view today and a gobbler that just circled around our blind at about 75 yrds

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I had two chances with the bow down in Missouri. One I got busted while drawing and the other a group of jakes wandered in completely silent and I was completely unprepared and eating a sandwich. They didn't stick around long when I had to reach for my bow.....

It was pretty awesome though. Both encounters were at 4-5yds. Its amazing having birds that close.

All I have left is my MN season and maybe a last ditch trip back to Nebraska.

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I had two chances with the bow down in Missouri. One I got busted while drawing and the other a group of jakes wandered in completely silent and I was completely unprepared and eating a sandwich. They didn't stick around long when I had to reach for my bow.....

It was pretty awesome though. Both encounters were at 4-5yds. Its amazing having birds that close.

All I have left is my MN season and maybe a last ditch trip back to Nebraska.

No blind ?

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This was from inside the double bull blind.javascript: void(0) The tom was literally at 4-5yds. He was super spooky. He never gobbled. He never made an aggressive move. He walked in really submissive. I waited till he was looking the other way and when I drew, he turned and looked right into the blind and ran away.

The jakes, well, I'm sure I made some noise trying to move for my bow.

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