This Mornings Hunt......finished w/pix....

[JC]

Great job bro!

[Charlie Lamb]

Good shootin bud! Nice story tellin too.    Got that whole "dark archer" look goin on and the bow fits right in.

[AnointedArcher]

Great job and great story!

[IB]

Has he waked up yet    

Curt just let Cade stay home and hep finish the trackin part      

[rabbitman]

Good job Curt.  Congrats.  

[tippit]

Curt, Great job!  Looks like too much fun...Doc

[hunt it]

Nice Bird!! Well done Curt!

[Flatstick]

Congrats Curt !! You have earned your name many times over  

[formerbutcher]

Still waiting Curt      

[Littlefeather]

  Good stuff Bro! Keep up all the hard hunting. I'm enjoying your newfound success as a writer as well. Congrats! CK

[Emmons]

     Way to go!!!

[Charles Sorrells]

Good Job Curt!

Did you use any of those calls left over form last year?

Hope you can still call some in for others since your done early.

Good hunting, Charles

[Huntrdfk]

Tap, tap, tap, tap, .........


David

[Mark Fedrizzi]

........Curt........Awesome......Excellent>>>>

[Guru]

Thank you for the kind words guys,and my sincere apologies for taking so long...it wasn't my intention......

Charles, Heck yeah bud....those are my favorites!!! I luv'um      

OK,where was I......The string slipped and the big snuffer put it to 'um. The hit looked great and he  raced of for about 30yds and slowed and started to flop around.He did this for about 10 seconds,I figured he was done right there. Then he suddenly launched him self off the ground and took off flying. Boy was he peeling line!!!

Because of the trees in the way I lost site of him as the string peeled faster than I thought possible. I held the bow tight,but after 10 seconds or so,it stopped.  

We waited an hour,I pobably would have waited longer,but I had to get to work by 7:00. It was kind of weird tracking while looking up in the trees,but that's where the string was.  After 50yrds I saw my arrow 20ft up in the branches,and I could see a double string continuing on. The arrow had fallen out the far side. I continued to track as slowly and quietly as possible and after 30 yrs or so further I could see it was starting to come down. Then a little further it started to dive down at a sharp angle as the two strings got closer together and tightened. I was doing more tracking with my binos than with the naked eye. I wanted to be sure he was dead.

 I eventually followed the two string to the ground in a thick clump of briar's,and with my bino's saw some tail feathers. I was relived,but was still unsure if he was dead.I snuck in as close as I dared,nocked an arrow,and threw some sticks at him....he didn't move ....I had him!!!

He had obviously died quickly, as he was very stiff as I pulled him out of the thicket.....

The entrance was a little futher back than optimal,it had nicked liver and exited thru the insetine's.....

 

He was a 2 yr old with 3/4" spurs,a 8 1/2" beard,and weighed about 18#'s.......

 

 


  The string tracker made what would have been a tough recovery,pretty easy......

 

 

[IB]

He must still be gatherin up the used string  :p

[joe skipp]

Nice way to christen the bow Curt....  

[the Ferret]

Doesn't get much better than that. Congrats Curt

String trackers are really handy when it comes to turkeys (and black bears)

Couldn't see how you mounted it on this bow, did you make a little bracket?

[Guru]

Thanx Joe

Mickey, thanx bud...no the little bracket was for the Sheepeater(and I did make one). This one is attached as per my article in TBM.... Screwed into the quiver head....

[the Ferret]

Oh ok...I couldn't see it in the pics.

Got another tag do ya?