Our good friend and turkey thumper, Zeke Pipher, scored pretty quick into the Nebraska season. Here’s his story…
I switched to VAP arrows (Victory Archery) this spring, and it turned out to be a good call. The first arrow I launched punched my first tag of 2012.
Nebraska’s turkey season opened on March 25, but I’d been too busy to hunt until last Monday. I took my eight-year-old son, Aidan, with me, and we sat for a couple hours. We saw a few birds, but nothing close enough to draw back on. Aidan had to get home by noon for a school event, so I dropped him off, grabbed a
sandwich, and then slipped back into the trees alongside the river.
About twenty minutes into the “second” hunt, a gobble rang out through the cedars. It about stopped my heart. The tom worked toward my decoy and strutted in the trees about fifty yards away for thirty minutes. I was just pushing “send” on a text message to a buddy telling him about the turkey that was teasing me when he gobbled right outside the blind. He was twenty yards out and closing the distance. As his bright red head cleared the last branch, I pulled back, anchored, and exhaled. I released my arrow when I had a clean shot and it flew straight.
Aidan was bummed that he couldn’t have been with me, but we get three tags here in the Cornhusker state so we’ve got a couple more chances together. I wish you friends all the best this spring. Aim steady & shoot true!
Be sure to check out Zeke’s new book, Man On The Run. It is without a doubt one of the best books any man can possibly read. Check it out at: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Run-Helping-Hyper-Hobbied-Recognize/dp/1451617216/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328888055&sr=8-1
