Heading to Kansas for turkeys

[suburbanirma]

Got my vehicle loaded with turkey hunting gear and am heading to Kansas early tomorrow morning. I have a 12-hour drive and hope to get to my hunting area in time to set up my blind on public ground. I'm using some wind drifter (Ultimate Predator) turkey decoys and am going to try out Magnus Bullheads. My shot, if the turkeys cooperate, should be 7 yards and closer. I'm zeroed in from 10 yards and closer with the Bullheads. Taking along some Woodsmen, too. Getting pretty excited.

[Car54]

  Good luck,  and don't forget to take pics. 

[Charlie Lamb]

Get some buddy!!!

[Orion]

Go get em Tom.  Good luck.

[Terry Lightle]

Drove across Kansas Friday,birds busted up in the South but not in the North,at least the ones we saw.Have fun!
Terry

[Hoosier_hunter157]

What's your arrow setup with the bullheads? You shooting the 125s?

[Kopper1013]

Good luck to you!! Definitely a goal of mine to get a turkey with stick and string

[sam barrett]

Good luck!  Can't wait to hear about your hunt.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Good luck Tom. Probably no snow down there...

[suburbanirma]

Arrived at my Kansas hunting area late this afternoon. Met up with my friend, Doug Walden, who took me out to a spot he found that looked good on public land. I set up my blind and will try it out with my new decoys in the morning. It was refreshing getting reacquainted with green grass, dirt, and temps in the 60s. Yahoo!
I am shooting axis nano arrows, 29.5 inches, five-inch feathers, and 125g Bullheads.

[Gator1]

Oh buddy have fun.  We could get 20 inches of snow this weekend in Minnesota.

[NIGEL01]

Yeah, we may be hunting turkeys in two feet of snow!  Good luck Tom!

[Bow man]

Hope you have a great trip

[doubleo]

Good luck Tom, enjoy the weather! The weekend looks like total crap around here!

[Hermon]

 The turkeys were gobbling hard this morning.  Going to try my luck the next few days.

[ksbowman]

Boy Glenn, I haven't seen or heard any here on our farm or the neighbors yet. Usually by this time they are scattering up and down our creek bottoms but, not this year yet.

[Hermon]

Hi Ben, yesterday must have been a fluke as they were quiet today.

[suburbanirma]

Spent the day yesterday in my turkey blind. Not much going on until after 5 p.m. when four jakes came in to my set up. It was really windy and my feeding hen decoy was bouncing around like it was on speed. The jakes didn't like that and stayed out of my comfortable shooting range.
I got to my blind at zero dark thirty and listened to much gobbling from across the river. Nothing came my way, however. At 10 a.m. I went out and tethered my decoy so it didn't spin and zigzag around. I put two sticks into the ground to prevent lateral movement. It still bobbed up and down as if it were feeding.
At 11 a.m. I saw a hen skirting my position at about 50 yards. I hen yelped at her but she kept going. About five minutes later I saw two gobblers heading my way. They marched right in to the decoy less than 10 yards in front of me. One was strutting and the other tom was checking out what the hen decoy was pecking at. When the strutter deflated and stuck his head up I loosed my arrow tipped with a Magnus Bullhead.
There was a loud whack, and my bird jumped into the air and then streaked away. It turned and tried to fly back to where it came from but fell short. It staggered on for a bit, and then I lost track of it. His partner followed the wounded bird and also disappeared.
After about five minutes I left the blind and retrieved my arrow which had one of the three blades broken off. I walked over to where I last saw my turkey and spooked its partner that clucked and sprinted away. I looked down on the trail I was standing on and saw lots of blood. I peered over the embankment of a muddy stream and saw my turkey lying in the water next to a log on the other side of the creek.
When I retrieved the gobbler I saw that the Bullhead had sliced through about a third of the neck at the wattles.
The tom weighed in at 21 pounds and sported an 11-1/2" beard and spurs measuring 1-1/4". I used a 56# takedown recurve bow that I built for myself about 20 years ago.
I still have three more days to hunt and hope to get another crack at a gobbler.
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[Bisch]

Way to go!!!!!

Congrats on your bird!

Bisch


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[Ray Lyon]