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Fall Turkey
By GP | November 10, 2009
I’d set aside the Friday October 30th for my last day to hunt fall turkey in Idaho. The 31st was the final day but some work commitments would keep me from dragging the season out till the final moments.
I’d been able to find enough time this last week of the season to actually still hunt with bow and arrow for my wild Thanksgiving Turkey.
While I’ve taken a couple of gobblers in the spring with my recurve bow from a blind; this method of revised spot and stalk proved to be some of the toughest hunting I’ve ever done. It was a windy day which covered my noise but it is terribly difficult to get past a turkey’s eye sight.
Turkeys are about 17 degrees shy of 360 degree vision and those 17 degrees exist right in the back of their heads if they are holding still. They rarely hold their heads still. If a turkey had a sense of smell….you’d be hard pressed to ever take one home to the pot. Turkey trails in the snow gave me lots of clues to their movements.
I’d become almost stir crazy being within yards of them for over 4 hours with my bow and not getting the shot opportunity I needed.
What I’d learned hunting them with my bow the past week helped me secure my feast for the 26th of November. But it took a shotgun this day to close the deal. Now it was time for ham and eggs and a hot cup while I reflected on the great days afield turkeys had provided for me this past season.
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