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Title: Vermont Turkey
Post by: Steve Leffler on May 13, 2018, 09:59:30 PM
[attachment=1,msg2797102][attachment=2,msg2797102][attachment=3,msg2797102][attachment=4,msg2797102]Thursday evening I put a Tom to roost that I have been working on since the season started.   He had been giving me trouble and wouldn't come to calls after fly down.  Friday morning I snuck in as close as I dared in the pitch dark.  No flashlight and tried to be as quiet as possible.  He gobbled once from the roost and I was worried that I was almost too close to him.  I didn't dare call at all.  Just after 5 am he pitched out of the tree and landed right in the decoys!  I made a good shot and my landshark hit right on the money.  He only made it about 30 yards.  I checked my watch and it was 5:04.
My biggest VT bird:  22.5 lbs.  Inch 1/4 spurs.  8 inch beard. 
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Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on May 13, 2018, 10:28:37 PM
Well done sir , well done....

,,Sam,,,
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Post by: Caddo on May 13, 2018, 11:00:35 PM
Awesome! Very well done!


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Post by: Bisch on May 13, 2018, 11:22:21 PM
Way to go!

Congrats!

Bisch


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Post by: joe vt on May 14, 2018, 06:46:52 AM
Great job Steve!!!  Nice bird for sure.
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Post by: Roy from Pa on May 14, 2018, 06:59:19 AM
Nice, congrats.
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Post by: Jack Denbow on May 14, 2018, 08:35:08 AM
Well done Steve, nice bird.
Jack
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Post by: Cory Mattson on May 14, 2018, 09:19:36 AM
Very cool - good shooting
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Post by: Duckbutt on May 15, 2018, 06:38:00 AM
Way to go, Steve!  Did you get to Nebraska?
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Post by: 4runr on May 15, 2018, 06:45:07 AM
Nice hooks on that ole boy!!

Well done , Sir!
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Post by: JakeD on May 15, 2018, 07:02:01 AM
Very nice!  Congratulations!
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 15, 2018, 09:05:04 AM
Julian,

Joey and I didn't go.  I ended up using my airline ticket to go to Wyoming and hang out with my buddy for 5 days.  We elk scouted and deer scouted a new ranch.  I bought a turkey tag and was lucky to get this bird the second morning[attachment=1]
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Post by: Sam McMichael on May 15, 2018, 09:22:22 AM
Congratulations! Your persistence paid off with a nice bird.
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Post by: Kopper1013 on May 15, 2018, 12:12:09 PM
Very nice congratulations
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Post by: Warden609 on May 15, 2018, 05:22:42 PM
Congrats!!
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Post by: Sean B on May 15, 2018, 06:47:35 PM
Well done Steve!!
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Post by: matt schuster on May 16, 2018, 08:01:00 PM
Congrats Steve!!   Is that the same ranch that you elk hunt?
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 16, 2018, 09:16:22 PM
Same place Matt.  We found some nice elk sheds.
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Post by: Birdbow on May 17, 2018, 03:22:37 PM
Hey Steve! Well done & congrats! Still after 'em here in the Granite State
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Post by: Alexander Traditional on May 17, 2018, 03:25:09 PM
Nice shooting,congrats!

What kind of bow is that?
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Post by: Steve Leffler on May 18, 2018, 08:33:28 AM
Alexander that is a black widow PSR with black limb sleeves on the limbs.  It is 58" long and a great blind bow.  It has been a great bow and has accounted for a bunch of turkeys and deer.
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Post by: mj seratt on May 19, 2018, 12:42:02 AM
Very nice.  Beautiful turkey!
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Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on May 19, 2018, 08:00:04 AM
Congrats
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on May 19, 2018, 11:50:58 AM
 :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
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Post by: joebuck on May 23, 2018, 10:36:30 AM
Steve is a killer!!  a death fog follows him the woods!      Congrats