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Title: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: coyote101 on November 15, 2017, 07:31:43 PM
....opened on Saturday. I went out yesterday morning to see if I could get a turkey or a deer. The turkeys showed up first.

(https://i.imgur.com/WmRNY5O.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uWoODoL.jpg)

Pat

Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: HuntnCarve on November 15, 2017, 08:24:02 PM
Way to go Pat!  I think you have those turkeys figured out.

Dave
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: FinsnFur on November 15, 2017, 08:27:59 PM
He does!
...Aaaand that crossbow!  :eyebrow:

Very nice Pat :congrats:
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: HaMeR on November 16, 2017, 06:19:25 AM
He's a machine for sure!!  Those turkeys dont stand a chance!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: Hawks Feather on November 16, 2017, 06:43:28 AM
The turkeys have taken a vote and from now on you are required to use a long bow (no recurve or compound) and shoot at a distance of not less than 50 yards.

Jerry (the turkey representative)
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: pitw on November 16, 2017, 10:25:54 AM
Dang that looks like fun.  Good job.
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: Okanagan on November 16, 2017, 11:41:53 AM
Quote from: pitw on November 16, 2017, 10:25:54 AM
Dang that looks like fun.  Good job.

Ditto that!  Pat, you are tempting me sorely to buy a crossbow.
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: Dave on November 16, 2017, 08:00:19 PM
That's great, Pat.  Wish we had more turkeys around here.  PA Game Commission closed the fall season the last few years in our area because of low numbers.
Congrats
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: HaMeR on November 17, 2017, 06:24:38 AM
Yerry. {turkey esquire}



:laf: :laf:
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: Hawks Feather on November 17, 2017, 07:32:40 AM
Quote from: HaMeR on November 17, 2017, 06:24:38 AM
Yerry. {turkey esquire}
:laf: :laf:

Yep, that fits.

Yerry
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: nastygunz on November 18, 2017, 09:36:13 AM
 Were you wearing the blaze orange when you got him? I have a friend who said it doesn't matter about camouflage and he hunted in his orange deer hunting gear one spring and nailed a nice tom.
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: coyote101 on November 18, 2017, 03:02:21 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on November 18, 2017, 09:36:13 AM
Were you wearing the blaze orange when you got him? I have a friend who said it doesn't matter about camouflage and he hunted in his orange deer hunting gear one spring and nailed a nice tom.

I was wearing the orange when I shot the bird. Gun deer season is still open, so the orange is mandatory. This was the ninth turkey I have killed with the crossbow, and four of them were while wearing orange.

In my experience, turkeys are very alert to orange and will bolt at the sight of it, even from a great distance. However, they don't pick up on it very well in a blind, and I have had them within a few yards of me while wearing orange in my ground blinds.

This is a picture of the blind I was in, taken a couple of years ago:
(https://i.imgur.com/JxSpYMs.jpg)

Pat
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: nastygunz on November 19, 2017, 12:31:42 AM
Aha!  Never thought about a blind. And that is a dandy one.
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: HaMeR on November 19, 2017, 07:11:36 AM
Yeah Pat is the master blind man for,,,  :doh2: er uhh uhmm the master blind builder,,  :madd:  :wo:  he makes blind hunting look  :holdon: :holdon:


aaahhh never mind!!!!!!

Good job Pat!!  :biggrin: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Fall crossbow season....
Post by: KySongDog on November 20, 2017, 02:39:46 PM
Nice one Pat!   :congrats: