zvholk
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After a 3 hour drive I got to Mike’s (Liv4Rut) around 11:00 didn’t visit much because we had to get up at 3 A.M. for an hour drive. I went right to bed, or so I thought I was; due to us getting up so early and not wanting to wake the family Mike and I both slept in the basement, him on one couch and I on another. Note, anyone who ever sleeps with Mike, bring ear plugs. He snored so bad I didn’t sleep a wink and before I knew it the clock said 3:00.
About ½ hour in we stopped at a gas station for coffee and to take care of morning business, that’s when Mike noticed that we forgot the DSD Jake. Not wanting to go back, I looked over and saw a pallet of kingsford charcoal!! Remembering someone once said on Iowawhitetail that all you need is a light breeze and a charcoal bag to kill a turkey.:grin::drink1::grin:
We used the string from my camera case to form a little head and let the slack hang down for the beard, put it on a stake and we are hunting .
The hunt was very fast, I think it was 5:20 when we heard the first gobble. 5:45 a Jake came out and was working his way around our setup at 40 or so yards, then a gobble this time it was close. Seconds later we see him, another gobble. that’s when the wind turned the KCD (Kingsford Charcoal Decoy) around so that it was facing him. I have never seen a turkey run so fast, he sprinted for the KCD when he got to him he puffed up and started flapping his wings at the decoy. I pulled back the string and touched my release, at 6 yards the arrow hit hard. The big boss turned and limped off leaving a trail of blood only to make it 5 yards.
I don’t know who this Dave Smith guy is but he better watch out because there is a new decoy in town.:way:
20 lbs 10 oz, 1 1/16 in. and 1 1/4 in> spurs, 10 1/4 in. beard = 64.25
