2012 Turkey Bowhunts

[Green Mountian Hunter]

Great way to spend some waiting time super nice video time in 

[CAPTJJ]

Thanks guys. It was much easier letting them go knowing I had good footage of the encounter; plus more toms for next year.

Here's the rest of the up close action:


Took a ride out to farm country to scout for the weekend, couldn't get back in there because I didn't want to spook them. They were yelping, cutting and gobbling like crazy right near one usual roost spot; gonna have to drive in from the backside to set up without spooking them off the roost. Should be fun, I'll be calling for two guys. Here's a trail cam pic from two years ago the property owner got:

[stka]

The jake video is real cool. One of the hen clips I got she puffed up for a long time even stretched her wings once or twice. The trail cam pic is amazing hardly seems real.

[CAPTJJ]

Glad you had me thinking about trying the higher resolution, the 1080 is a lot clearer and doesn't use more memory on the card.

[Green Mountian Hunter]

Really nice video's neat watching them in there world up and close doing there thing

[CAPTJJ]

Another wet, foggy morming but great action and lots of footage and gobbles.

[30-30]

              Say JJ that is a cool video of the jakes What I want to know is, How did you get those 4 birds to line up for you? There's always 1 in a group that won't hold a pose!

[stka]

Sounds like a good start. Weather is not cooperating at all so far.

[CAPTJJ]

Tag filled on the 3rd jake to come in, 2nd one stayed for an hour, gobbling at everything.

[stka]

Tag filled on the 3rd jake to come in, 2nd one stayed for an hour, gobbling at everything.

Nice, Congratulations. I don't understand the one per day in the spring. Sounds like there are plenty of jakes around for next year.

[jlaclair]

good job man! cant wait to see some pics and or footage, I took today and tomorrow off, probably fish on sunday then back at it, soon I start work again so need to capitalize nowish...

[CAPTJJ]

Thanks, my upcoming work schedule led me to decide to shoot today. 2nd tag saved for a good tom.

[jlaclair]

Thanks, my upcoming work schedule led me to decide to shoot today. 2nd tag saved for a good tom.

awesome, hope you get a dragger, the one bird I have my eye on is going to be a tough one...

[CAPTJJ]

Hiked in before first light to the spot I had the longbeard sneak in from behind yesterday, had a feeling they roosted there.
All set up by 5:20, at 5:40 I hear a gobble to the left, then another front left, there's 2 roosted; later I heard another one further down to the left. Just before six I here, hens clucking away to the right but closer, almost above me but I didn't know it, thought they were further down; it was getting light and I guess they saw they decoy. I was waiting for wing flaps but never heard any, just a thump behind the blind; peeked out the back window and saw a good sized hen, then two more out front. They were running to the decoy, and I was just able to grab the bow and turn on the camera:


They seemed spooked by the blind and didn't stay long and headed of to the right, perfect setup between the toms and hens.

[jlaclair]

cool video