Lanes first turkey web.JPG  And so it begins……..as told by Marty.

Welcome to the first installment of the 2007 edition of Turkey Magic!

We were in a two-blind Double Bull setup well before sunrise this morning. Our first setup today was where several ridges funnel down into a lush green flat. Picture a field full of short green grass surrounded by Big mature hardwoods and a variety of cedars and evergreens. Beautiful, turkey paradise. While we were setting up the blinds the Gobblers were already going bonkers and it was still blacker than the inside of a cow. Right off the roost we had three toms circle behind the blind gobbling all the way, they never came around to the front, and eventually faded off into the timber. At 8:01 am I decided it was time to move deeper into the woods since the wind was gusting over 20 mph. As the boys and I were picking our way along, me looking for that perfect location for an ambush, two jakes started hammering away no more than 150 yards from us. We threw the blinds up, put the decoy out quick and within 10 minutes both jakes were in full strut, big red white and blue heads floating four yards from the boys’ blind. I got the whole thing on video as Lane thumped the lead Jake in the 12 ring at four paces, MAGNIFICENT!. The dead Jake’s buddy stuck around almost too long, Quaid was able to get a shot off at bird number two at roughly 20 yards, but just as Quaid released, the big bird took a step and Quaid was rewarded with one tail feather cleanly sliced from the young birds tail fan. What a day, Lane bags his first ever turkey, does it with archery tackle, and does it all on video, opening day, 2007. Can’t wait to get after ‘em in Kansas. Good Hunting!