Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: SpokaneSlayer on May 08, 2009, 09:01:02 PM
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So I get all set up at about 5:15 this evening and start to call. 15 minutes later I hear 2 gobblers sound off on their own. I call to them and no answer. Following the 1 hour rule, I sit tight and wait. About 30 minutes later, they gobble again much closer. I get my bow ready and continue to wait. A while later, I see a huge red head coming up into my clearing. Then I see his beard. :yike: 10" easy. This has got to be the monster I saw a couple weeks ago. After getting an eye full of my dekes, he starts to approach. He gets to about 20 yds and I draw. I let him get closer. At 15 yds, just as he's about to start strutting, I pick a spot and let the arrow fly. I see a few feathers fly. I'm thinking "SCORE!!!". Well, he kinda popped his head up and starting walking...slowly. Putt....putt putt. I'm in shock. I finally get my wits about me and nock another arrow. Too late, he's downhill where I can only see his head and neck. All I can do is watch for any sign of a hit as he walks around my blind and up the hill. I give him a while to clear the area and go over to check where I shot him. All that's there is exactly 6 freshly sheared breast feathers. I find my arrow stuck in the dirt. No blood and no feathers stuck to it. I figure that there should be some feathers after a hit due to some fluid on the arrow. I trace where he walked to where I lost sight of him. I then head up the hill, cris-crossing looking in the gnarliest brush I can find. Nothing. I looked until I had to head back. I'm confident that I missed but I had to make sure. So I pack up and head out, tail between my legs. Adding insult to injury, 4 toms are gobbling just before roosting. :bash: I will be back tomorrow.
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Goodluck to you tomorrow Spokane
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you will nail one tommarow :hello:
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good luck buddy! we are in the truck right now heading for colville. about 6 hours to go till we roll into town..just getting on i90 in bellevue...haha
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good luck buddy! we are in the truck right now heading for colville. about 6 hours to go till we roll into town..just getting on i90 in bellevue...haha
Thanks bro! You too!
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Dam that sucks! :bash: You should have shot again at his head or neck, when he was going away.
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shoulda woulda coulda........ we've all been there. ;)
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good luck
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:archer: Sorry you missed with the sticks, but you at least had another great experience. Next time ....
Please note that I do not have a 1 hour rule ... my rule is two hours minimum and then wait another 15 minutes ... patience will kill more birds than anything else. :twocents:
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Called in another one today, but he came in behind me so I had no shot. I never got a look at him, but he acted like he was the boss. Gobbled his head off and it was possibly the loudest gobbles I have ever heard. No playing shy with this guy. I yelped and cut at him like a mad man, or hen. He was so close that I could hear him drum. Unfortunately he took a different trail than I hoped and never saw my deke. Judging from his attitude, I think if he saw the hen, he would have came right up to say hi. Didn't hear as many hens this morning. Matter of fact I beat one out for the attention of this gobbler. Still hearing just as much gobbling in the roost and more gobbling on the ground.
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That suck slayer, keep trying
