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Cacatch:
Thanks John, and same to you again this year! VERY respectable kill you had. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to get me a blind.
How long was your ERC bow and did you have any issues shooting it inside the blind?
CP
John K:
CP I think it was 66" not problems in the blind i think the center height 77" plus i shoot sitting down. The blind on the right in the picture is 84" tall. It's nice to have room to stand up and stretch, i'm 6'4"
sailordad:
heres something else to keep in mind when turkey hunting too
if you have a mixed group of toms/jakes coming in(usually happens in the a.m.)
and the toms chase off the jakes becuase of your calling and or decoy set up.
dont put 100% 0f your attention on the toms
always be alert to the where abouts of them jakes
they may have got run off,but they still will come to the calling and decoy set also
i learned this the hard way
the wife and i were in the blind and the group came in
toms chased the jakes away
we watched the toms coming in to shooting range and forgot about the jakes
just as i drew back i noticed out of the corner of my eye two jakes right next to the blind looking in at us(mesh was down)
as i drew they putted,and every bird in the field was no longer in site
bout pooped my self when they putted
i am serious they were so close if i would have known they were they
i could have grabbed them by the necks :o
John K:
Got another tip, i have luck calling to the Boss Hen, try and mimic her calling, she'll come in looking to chase away her rival and hopfully bring a big Tom in with her ! :)
sailordad:
--- Quote from: John K on March 19, 2011, 02:10:05 pm ---Got another tip, i have luck calling to the Boss Hen, try and mimic her calling, she'll come in looking to chase away her rival and hopfully bring a big Tom in with her ! :)
--- End quote ---
oh so so true ;D
i do this frequent;y when the toms are hened up
this is no joke,ask my wife she was with me
we were sitting on the filed edge of an alfalfa filed(in my blind of course ;D )
we could see turkeys poking their heads up to look over the top of the alfalfa
there were a couple of toms and hens and the boss hen
she was the only one making any noise and the toms were slowly going to her
i started calling to her,i would repeat any noise she made but would do it with ajust a little more vloume and emotion than her
wel this got her wriled up,she would call louder and harder
so i would follow suit and do the same but woulod throw in an extra cluck or two
then she would respond
i was in calling match with her for well over an hour
by this time she wasnt 3 yds away from the front of the blind
she was calling so loud it actually made your ears hurt
by now the toms had given up on her and went off wih another hen
but she stayed by the blind for a good half hour and we just kept hollering at each other
ive also used this technique in preseason scouting and had the whole flock follow the boss hen right to where i was sitting
personally i think calling is the best part of spring turkey hunting
probably why i own so damn many calls :D
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