Turkey 2017
Contributors to this thread:South Dakota
From: tk
03-Apr-17
Anyone get out this weekend and get their turkey?
From: Dakota
03-Apr-17
We had one guy out and he connected with his bow.
From: Dakota
03-Apr-17
From: leftee
07-Apr-17
Still around(actually still trying to convince the Boss to stay here n just spend late Fall n Winter in Kansas). Got out yesterday.Numbers wayyyyy down but scored. Good hunting!
From: Brotsky
09-Apr-17
First bird of the year. One more to go!
From: DR
09-Apr-17
Way to go Leftee and Brotsky! Beautiful birds.
From: leftee
10-Apr-17
Nice bird and pic Brotsky! Was down in Illinois trimming some trees and helping a buddy-turkeys all over.Sick I was too dumb and cheap to buy a license when told to earlier.:-( Their season opens today and they are gonna have fun.
From: Skullwerx
10-Apr-17
My oldest son was able to kill his mentor bird last Saturday. He said he wanted to shoot one in the head and he almost took its head off!
From: leftee
11-Apr-17
Congrats to your son Skull! Neat pic.Looks like he's growing up fast as well.:-)
From: Brotsky
11-Apr-17
Awesome SW! Congrats to your boy and to you! Great picture!
From: DR
11-Apr-17
Awesome job Jake...and son! I'm gonna have to hire him for lessons.
From: Dakota
11-Apr-17
congratulations everybody
From: Dakota
11-Apr-17
congratulations everybody
From: Brotsky
17-Apr-17
Final bird of 2017. Always satisfying to fill a shotgun tag with your bow!
From: DR
18-Apr-17
Been a tough go but lots of fun this year on Turkey. They have always had my number and keep humbling me but I managed to shoot straight on this gorgeous Black Hills tom on Easter.
From: leftee
19-Apr-17
Congrats Brotsky and DR,beautiful birds and great pics!
From: tk
19-Apr-17
tk's Link
Hopefully this works, first time posting a video or link. Had a run in with this guy, but he wouldn't cross the woven wire fence to come in to the decoys. He just walked back and forth at forty yards for about a half hour.
From: Animal Killer
19-Apr-17
Great birds!! Still waiting to fill a archery tag this season.
From: Dakota
19-Apr-17
From: Dakota
19-Apr-17
From: Brotsky
19-Apr-17
Beautiful birds Randy! Congrats to your hunters!
From: leftee
20-Apr-17
Great pics! TK,wrong type of fence.:-) Had it happen.Barbed wire maybe but not mesh.Looks like wind n thick brush/tree line behind him didn't help either.Looks a bit spooky. 2 days ago on the Res I had 2 Toms hang up and refuse to cross a 10 ft wide creek.At one point at 30 and maybe should have shot but 10 or so is better.Good hunting!
From: Animal Killer
08-May-17
Pretty quiet here this past couple weeks!! Ended up smoking one friday morning right away. I ended up setting the blind up under the birds roost in the dark the night before. Not realizing what I had did, the birds pretty much landed right on top on my decoys and got a big ol gobbler within the first 10 minutes of the hunt.
Bird ended up being around the 25 lb mark, 10 3/8 inch beard, and a 1 1/4 inch spurs.
Heres the video as well
From: Animal Killer
08-May-17
https://vimeo.com/216421316
Heres the video link to my archery hunt!! Enjoy
From: Brotsky
08-May-17
Congrats on a great bird and video AK!
From: leftee
12-May-17
Good going AK! Nice bird,great shot.
From: Skullwerx
13-May-17
Was able to break my turkeyless streak about 9:00 this morning. Man that feels good!
From: leftee
14-May-17
Way to go Skull! Nice bird!
From: Skullwerx
14-May-17
Thanks Leftee. I was up in your neck of the woods.
From: leftee
15-May-17
Cool.Numbers down here and spotty but still around.Tagged out but had a Tom,couple hens and 3 Jakes walk by my house yesterday.Used to live here but not this year-at least yet.
From: Brotsky
15-May-17
Beautiful bird Jake! Congrats!
From: Animal Killer
24-May-17
Nice bird Jake!!
From: Skullwerx
25-May-17
Awesome birds everyone!
Anybody else finish off the season strong?
From: leftee
26-May-17
I had a good season.Filled my tags here n Kansas.Was gonna post a pic or 2 cause tried my first 'Bullhead' hunts after a friend suggested them again.His argument for them went beyond the usual 'you kill or miss' one by arguing the target size favors head shots.Claims body killzone is about 3 by 3.5 inches whereas the head neck is about 9 by 2.5.Regardless man did they work for me!I'm sold. Warning 1 pic is graphic.
From: leftee
26-May-17
From: Skullwerx
30-May-17
Awesome leftee! I've had those heads but never an opportunity to use them. Looks devastating!
From: leftee
31-May-17
Impressed me.A bit of a hassle cause need a longer arrow to make sure the head clears your rest,sight etc but I think worth it.Flew decent out to 20 with my bow but really flew great out of my backup bow.No tuning or resighting etc. Bunch of U Tubes on set up etc but I just took an old throw rug,hung it over my target bar and shot at that.When I doubled it the arrows would just hit and drop without damage.A single layer of rug though would not stop them.Scary hole.:-)
