A great day

having great fun with a great friend.

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It was hard not to fall asleep on a day like this

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The cool thing about hunting is that failure still means you got some awesome hiking done.

That's as close as they let me get

2 hours tracking them, they were very very sneaky. Given that I was on a sloped terrain, I naturally went for high ground which was a mistake, they can fly away from you much faster going downhill.

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Turkey

I trailed them for 90 minutes on the worst terrain (these bushy woods in the back), 2 missed shots & 1 lost arrow later, a clean shot was very rewarding. Turkeys are very elusive, getting within bow range is tough.

Sorry buddy