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Fall crossbow season....

Started by coyote101, November 15, 2017, 07:31:43 PM

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coyote101

....opened on Saturday. I went out yesterday morning to see if I could get a turkey or a deer. The turkeys showed up first.





Pat

NRA Life Member

"On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died." - Sam Ewing

HuntnCarve

Way to go Pat!  I think you have those turkeys figured out.

Dave

FinsnFur

He does!
...Aaaand that crossbow!  :eyebrow:

Very nice Pat :congrats:
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HaMeR

He's a machine for sure!!  Those turkeys dont stand a chance!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
Glen

RIP Russ,Blaine,Darrell

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Hawks Feather

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)

pitw

Dang that looks like fun.  Good job.
I say what I think not think what I say.

Okanagan

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.

Dave

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

HaMeR

Glen

RIP Russ,Blaine,Darrell

http://brightwoodturnings.com

2014-15 TBC-- 11

Hawks Feather


nastygunz

 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.

coyote101

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:


Pat
NRA Life Member

"On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of decision, sat down to wait, and waiting died." - Sam Ewing

nastygunz

Aha!  Never thought about a blind. And that is a dandy one.

HaMeR

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:
Glen

RIP Russ,Blaine,Darrell

http://brightwoodturnings.com

2014-15 TBC-- 11

KySongDog