Armored farmer
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I have fall archery turkey permits that are legal during archery deer season (nice).
Last fall I had the opportunity to shoot a big gobbler with my crossbow from my megablind. I saw the Luminock fly off at a tangent as the bolt passed through the Tom. He ran about 50yds and stood by a tree for about 10min, then wandered away out of sight.
I waited about 20 minutes, then found my bloody bolt and looked for blood at the base of the tree where he had stood. No blood. Then I walked in the direction he went and soon was beside a treetop and noticed the bird hunkered beside a big limb. With another bolt, I pinned him to the limb at point blank range. With all the flapping and struggling I knew I had finally got an archery turkey! Then the bolt broke and freed the bird from the limb. A slow speed footrace took place between a 59yo man and a wounded turkey. I soon saw I was losing the race and stopped to cock my bow and put a fresh bolt on the string and the last I saw of the bird he was going in a ravine and out of sight.
I looked for him the rest of the evening and again the next morning and never found him.
Last fall I had the opportunity to shoot a big gobbler with my crossbow from my megablind. I saw the Luminock fly off at a tangent as the bolt passed through the Tom. He ran about 50yds and stood by a tree for about 10min, then wandered away out of sight.
I waited about 20 minutes, then found my bloody bolt and looked for blood at the base of the tree where he had stood. No blood. Then I walked in the direction he went and soon was beside a treetop and noticed the bird hunkered beside a big limb. With another bolt, I pinned him to the limb at point blank range. With all the flapping and struggling I knew I had finally got an archery turkey! Then the bolt broke and freed the bird from the limb. A slow speed footrace took place between a 59yo man and a wounded turkey. I soon saw I was losing the race and stopped to cock my bow and put a fresh bolt on the string and the last I saw of the bird he was going in a ravine and out of sight.
I looked for him the rest of the evening and again the next morning and never found him.