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Post by Toby Benoit on Sept 15, 2010 18:21:47 GMT 12.75
Got my blind built for opening morning and a new wingbone call built as well with deeper tones for gobbler yelps and clucks. Lots of scratching and gobbler droppings in the area as well as a small grove of persimmon trees that are full of ripe fruit. Deer and hog sign is abundant and I'm really looking forward to getting back out in the woods. It's going to be awfully hot and the skeeters are fierce, but I'm going to bring along a bottle of frozen water...drink it as it melts...and a Thermocell for the bugs. The old bow is slinging sticks in tight groups still and I reckon I'll have no excuse if I miss; can't blame it on the equipment. Wish me luck!
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Post by Paws on Sept 15, 2010 21:37:32 GMT 12.75
Toby, where do you poke a gobbler with a stick? With the shotgun I take off the head but with an arrow...; haven't a clue. Oh, good luck!
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Post by Toby Benoit on Sept 16, 2010 7:16:11 GMT 12.75
Where to stick 'em? Depends on who you talk to. Lots of folkst ells you to stick them through the wings. Pin down the wings and he can't run off. The problem is, the vitals are real low in the body and once you pin them wings down, he'll have a lot of life left in him and they can run mighty fast! Others shoot 'em in the head, but that's tough case it's always moving. There are special broadheads designed for head shots with a five inch radius, but I'm not a fan. Nope, I shoot 'em through the thighs. I break down their running gear so that they can't run off, a turkey can't fly until he first jumps into the wind to get lift, so all he does is lay there flapping; anchored on the spot! If I'm off, just a little, the vitals are right there low in the body, so I still get my bird. Wait for a broadside shot and take out his thighs. That'll get your bird!
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Post by Paws on Sept 16, 2010 11:28:21 GMT 12.75
Thanks Toby. That makes great sense too. ;D
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Post by Snake Eyes on Sept 17, 2010 1:37:53 GMT 12.75
Phil, I wish you all the luck available...The Fall hunt for turkeys is, not a productive time..In Ohio....Good luck! We need and love photos of your opossum kills
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Post by Paws on Sept 17, 2010 2:06:32 GMT 12.75
See what I can do. I don't do pictures though. Never got in the habit. I usually hunt alone so I suppose that's the reason. I have turkey right here roosting desirous of roasting. Might get my cousin Ed involved this year. He loves turkey hunting and hasn't been out in a few years. Also the Waterloo District not ten miles away is the spot where the original re-introduction of wild turkey took place here in the state and there is a good population there. If I can get out with the cross bow Brian gifted me I'd love to give it a try.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Sept 17, 2010 5:41:38 GMT 12.75
Crossbow slinging most any kind of mechanical broadhead is heap big medicine for them thunder-chickens! I'm mighty fond of the Spitfire mechanical broadheads; it really knocks the helloutta them! Turkey pot-pie... oh me oh my! Paws, you pluck or skin your birds? I always skin mine, which tends to dry 'em out a lot more if you roast 'em, but I rarely roast them. They usually get cut up for frying, put into pot-pie or more than once into a soup or stew with lots of veggies and such. ;D
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Post by Paws on Sept 17, 2010 7:45:16 GMT 12.75
I'm not much on plucking and only do so when forced. Wrap in cull fat, bacon or lard them really well and cover them with foil to keep them moist then brown them off the last few minutes of cooking/roasting. I loves them to death slow smoked though. Dang now I'm starvin!
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