Name: Pro-Staff Jason Loose “AKA thewild001″ Age: 38 Date of Kill:2011 State:Iowa County: Clinton Kill Type:Turkey/Coyote
I had a bunch of coyotes on my trail cams so I was hoping to catch one sneaking in
on my decoys, I also had two big toms coming in at all times of the day so I was
hoping one of them would pass by and give me a shot, around 9am a hen flew right
over me and a few minutes later a nice tom came running down the hill and I blasted
him…What a great hunt. Shot the coyote trying to sneek in on my decoy
Name: Ryan Hamerlinck Date of Kill:04/23/2011 Time of Kill: 700am State:Illinois Location Details: edge of cornfield surrounded by timber Kill Type:Turkey
Got to the blind this morning around 545am and got settled in for the morning hunt.
Around 6am we heard some gobbles way over on the neighbors farm, to far for us to
call in. Finally around 615am we saw some turkeys coming out of the timber. 5 Jakes
and a hen finally saw our decoy setup and came in to investigate which ended up
drawing in the only bird that was strutting. He came in on a string and ran off the
jakes and then turned to check out the hen and gave me a 35 yard shot that I
connected on perfectly, he went straight down. Its a good thing to because my gun
broke and could not load another shell. My turkey had a 10in beard and 3/4″ spurs
and weighed about 20lbs not the biggest but my first and I dont care.
It was an awesome hunt and we got it all on video plus it was on my dad’s birthday,
something i will never forget.A special thanks to my camera man and caller Dave, and
to the landowner who lets me hunt her farm… Thank You
Name: Michael Spry Date of Kill:5/1/09 State:Missouri Kill Type: Turkey
Everyone decided to go into town for lunch, I stayed behind since I was on a tight
schedule. I went into the field, noticed this tom running for the fence, I chased
after to see him trying to cross the fence. Once he gained flight, I shot. He fell
a few yards away. And that is the simple facts, 11″ Beard, 1.25″ Spurs.
Name: Dan Forbes Date of Kill: 2006 State: Iowa County: Muscatine Location Details: private ground Kill Type: Whitetail
My brother in law Damion Sadd talked me into going turkey hunting. I agreed to go
thinking “Big deal, it’s a big stupid bird.” Boy was I wrong. We got out of the
truck and hit the owl call. The timber lit up with Toms gobbling back. We went
towards one, found a tree to sit by and put up our little net blind in front of us.
We called and waited. Nothing. About 2 hours after we sat down, 6 hens came in about
25 yards behind us and actually sat down. We thought we were in the sweet spot.
Nothing. Finally, they got up and walked away. I was pretty frustrated so I told
Damion to hit the call. We heard some movement to our right. There were 2 toms
coming our way in full strut. They worked their way towards us. I told Damion I
would take the one on the right and on three we’d let them have it. I shot mine, he
went down, Damion missed but I think he was watching me instead of actually trying
to kill the other bird. Since this, I think turkey hunting is alot of fun. But I
haven’t been able to get back out in the woods because it’s a river bottom and has
been flooded the last 3 springs.
NameCary Brown Date of Kill:Oct. 27, 2010 Time of Kill:7:35 am State:Iowa Kill Type:Fall Turkey
I wasn’t sure about bowhunting in heavy wind but friend and MMK prostaffer Eric Ludtke convinced me the night before to go. The morning started out a little chilly with winds 15-25 mph. Eric and I decided to split up and hunt different stands to see where the deer movement was this morning. Right away I heard some turkeys in the roost making all kinds of noise, so I got my bow off the hanger and waited. After about 20 minutes of them clucking and gobbling I seen a few fly down in my direction and start up the trail to me. I clicked the camera on(so I thought) and went on draw. The first 4 birds to me were hens and I could see a tom with a pretty good beard behind the hens but before he got to me the first hen raised up like she didn’t like something, which I have seen them do plenty and most of the time followed by a alarm cluck, so I put my 20 yard pin on the first hen and let it fly and watched her die! I then looked up to the camera and noticed I had double clicked it and missed the kill shot. I hit record in time to see the hen stumble around and die. Within 15 minutes of killing the turkey I had a fork buck and a basket rack 8 pt come by me. I’m glad I listened to Eric and went hunting cause now I have a nice turkey for Thanksgiving!
