Well today was just a great day to be out in the woods! I woke up early and headed to the farm. I setup beside a pond and waited for daybreak. Once daybreak came, I would kee kee, kee kee run, and cluck every now and then. With a gun, I'm a lot more mobile, but I generally do not like to walk around with my bow, so I was setup inside my Double Bull Blind!
Couple hours passed and hadn't heard or seen anything. Just was finishing a few soft kee kee's when I caught a glimpse of something coming under the gate. The gate was @ 200 yards to my right. I focused on the area and saw a lone bird with his head up moving my way. I put my calls down and watched. I saw him coming directly toward my setup.
I watched him come at a waddle and stop at the pond and take a drink. Next he came right toward me. I had two decoys setup and I had forgot to range find their distance first thing this morning. I would regret doing that..
The bird became a little spooked at looking at the blind and putted a few times. I just sat still and he settled down. He stared at one of the decoys and gave me a great broadside shot. Being on my knees in the blind, I guessed the shot to be @ 25 yards so I settled pin 2 right on the wing area. Let the release go and watched the arrow fly right over him. He flew straight up and landed further away. He had no idea what had happened and I reloaded the bow and put pin 3 on him. He was dead still and I was locked on him. Let the release go and shot right under him. He flew straight up and behind some cedar trees. I watched him and tried to cluck him back down... he didn't want any of that
I then got out and checked the ranges... first shot he was a measly 15 yards from my blind... I'm not sure how I messed up so badly... I was pretty disgusted. The second shot he was 40 yards and my 3rd pin is set to 35. I found one arrow and lost the other. I thought shooting turkey loads were expensive
I'm going back in the morning and hope to have some more success. It's been raining like crazy, so I may try and ditch the blind and just still hunt.
I'm still irritated at myself and even brought the bow home and fired a few shots to make sure something hadn't came loose. It was (unfortunately) all the shooter
Hopefully tomorrow will have more success for me, but guess that's why it's called hunting and not killing!!!
