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Title: Whacked a nice Tom.
Post by: tgomez on May 11, 2019, 05:23:14 AM: 40 yards with my Hoyt Powermax.
23 lbs, ten inch beard, one inch spurs
My sixteenth Tom and 3rd with a bow.
#KeepHammering
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Post by: TheStovePipeKid on May 11, 2019, 05:54:18 AM: Hot dog, 23 lbs. That's a nice chunky bird. I'm planning to try crossbow this fall and eventually try with a bow. Great shot and great bird!
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on May 11, 2019, 06:51:35 AM: Very nice Tom !

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Post by: 3dvapor on May 11, 2019, 07:56:56 AM: Thats a giant bird. Did you use decoys? I had a jar full of feathers trying to connect on one with out decoys. Then dave smith devoys came out and changed all of that. 40 yds is a poke to congrats on that shot too.
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Post by: tgomez on May 11, 2019, 08:30:43 AM: Quote from: 3dvapor on May 11, 2019, 07:56:56 AM
Thats a giant bird. Did you use decoys? I had a jar full of feathers trying to connect on one with out decoys. Then dave smith devoys came out and changed all of that. 40 yds is a poke to congrats on that shot too.

No blind and no decoys. I knew his strutting line in the afternoon. I got on the edge of one side and gave a few yelps and purrs every ten min or so. He came in with another big tom. The one I shot looked to be the bigger and presented a better shot opportunity.
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Post by: Gobble Doc on May 11, 2019, 08:55:20 AM: Very nice.

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Post by: Dan-o on May 11, 2019, 09:40:00 AM: Nice work!
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on May 11, 2019, 09:43:17 AM: Good job! Did they see you draw the bow? Im curious if they give a few seconds to draw and shoot. My next toms will probably be with the bow.
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Post by: tgomez on May 11, 2019, 04:56:01 PM: Yes the first bird saw me draw and started to walk away. The second(the one I shot) did see me, but was unsure of what I was. When you archery hunt without a blind it definitely adds a extra challenge to it. I like to draw when they are at full strut looking away, or their head is behind a tree or cover. When you bow hunt without a blind, there is more failure than success. I have always enjoyed those types of challenges.
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Post by: davef on May 11, 2019, 06:36:17 PM: That's close to state record isnt it?
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Post by: BNAElkhntr on May 11, 2019, 07:32:32 PM: Stud Bird
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Post by: Machias on May 11, 2019, 07:44:29 PM: Nice job!!!! Congrats on a beautiful bird and with a bow, much respect!!
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Post by: EWUeagles on May 13, 2019, 08:16:07 AM: Quote from: davef on May 11, 2019, 06:36:17 PM
That's close to state record isnt it?

It would be a state record for a bow but well short of overall record of 31 lbs. I have a feeling most people don't enter their kills into the NWTF that keep tracks of all the records. I honestly didn't know about it till yesterday haha.

Awesome bird and congrats on the trophy!
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on May 13, 2019, 11:41:35 AM: Nice! What head are you using and where do you aim?
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Post by: bowhunterforever on May 13, 2019, 12:44:43 PM: Nice work :tup:
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Post by: tgomez on May 13, 2019, 02:56:00 PM: Quote from: Fl0und3rz on May 13, 2019, 11:41:35 AM
Nice! What head are you using and where do you aim?

I used a Hoyt Powermax compound bow, 350/.006 Bloodsport Punisher arrows, hundred grain Allen PowerPoint Chisel broadheads. I aim at the tip of the wing base in the center of the body. I hit him he stumbled fifteen feet and never moved again. I just traded the Powermax for a Hoyt Carbon Defiant Turbo.