Talk'n Turkey

Yesterday I told you about my pal Braumeister and his fancy get-up in the ghillie suit and how he saw all sorts of deer but was armed only with a shotgun for hunting turkey.

When he was hunting for deer and all he had was his bow - that's when he saw turkeys.  Turkeys are very hard to hunt with a bow since the only sure shot is a head shot.  

Here they are.

Brau was set-up in hiding very close to where this trail camera was located.  And he mentioned that one of the birds was strutting.  Which is strange to see in the fall but there is photographic evidence just the same.

Those same birds eventually made their way over to where I was hiding in a blind.  And I took a shot at the strutting bird with a bolt from my crossbow.  Of course I missed since the head of a moving turkey is exceedingly hard to hit - even with a crossbow.

That shot startled the birds but they strutting bird kept right on strutting...

Ghillie Suit

This is my buddy Braumeister in his ghillie suit. 

He looks like some creature that just crawled out of the swamp doesn't he?  He uses this to blend-in with his surroundings when he hunts deer and turkey. 

And blend-in he does.  Last weekend he had four deer approach him at a distance of about 15 feet.  They knew something wasn't quite right but Brau never flinched or gave away his position.  The deer probably weren't spooked by something that smells like musty jute rope.

In case you're wondering why my pal Brau didn't kill one of those deer - all he had was a shotgun for killing the wily turkey.

Of course he didn't see any turkeys.  That's because nature always sides with the hidden flaw.

You can learn more about the ghillie suit here.

Talk'n Turkey

The turkeys are on the march.  Saw a bunch of them while out hunting deer last weekend.

This is a particularly nice series of shots of a couple of bachelors.  They were captured on two different cameras a quarter mile apart.  It took them about a half-hour to travel that distance...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Peek Behind the Mask

Who is that masked man?

Close Call

Braumeister was out hunting this morning for turkey so all he had with him was his shotgun. 

Of course, he reported some skittish female deer within bow range and a buck out of range.

Lucky for the deer he wasn't hunting them.

Of course he saw no turkeys.

Here's that buck... 

Date and time-stamped!

Retro Middle Ages

Weighs-in at a modest 6.5 pounds, has a pistol grip, a stock, Bull-pup trigger, a scope and shoots arrows at 320 feet per second.

 

A significant advancement in medieval weaponry...

Deer Stand View

A weekend of bowhunting is on tap with Braumeister and Smokey Joe.

Here's a 360 selection of pictures from last weekend.  Taken from the Park Bench stand on the creek...