Well after the close call earlier that morning in Kansas we decided to go get some lunch and come back to the same ground blind we had set up on public land. We got to the stand about 2:30 and got our camera gear set up. With all the turkeys we had heard that morning, we were hoping for a quick afternoon hunt.  Since it had quit raining, Allen decided to put out a hen decoy.We sat for about an hour and waited. Allen got up to stretch his legs. When he leaned down to look out the blind he froze!!  He told us to get ready because there were turkeys less than 30 yards from the blind. Once again we turned the cameras on and sprang into action while Allen eased back down and grabbed his bow!One of the big gobblers saw the decoy and came in for a closer look. It came within 13 yards of the blind and Allen once again drew his bow and let his arrow fly!  He hit his target and he had his second Kansas gobbler on the ground within 24 hours.    Not bad to be hunting with a bow!!!!   

Since the hunt the afternoon before went so well and we only spent 20 minutes in the blind, our guide asked us if we wanted to try hunting some public land for our first official morning hunt!. Of course we were up to the challenge and we went and put up a Double Bull blind in the middle of a CRP field where the Outfitter had been seeing plenty of turkeys.Once day started to break we began to hear 8-10 different gobblers towards the west end of the field and then there was one gobbling to the north of our blind.  Once we heard the turkeys flying off the roost it started to pour down raining and we did not hear any gobbles for an hour.  Just as I had given up on getting a turkey that morning we heard a gobble less than 60 yards behind the blind. Matt and I fired up our cameras and Allen grabbed his bow to get ready for a shot. Due to the rain we had not put out any decoys so we were hoping the gobbler would come in close enough for a bow shot and he did not disappoint us. He came to within 24 yards of our blind. Allen drew his bow back and found his aim point, then he let his arrow fly. But there was a problem!!!!  The arrow lost momentum during it’s flight. When it stuck the turkey we heard a dull THUD and then we watched the turkey fly about 500 yards to the hills. Once landed he hit the ground running!!!!!We later found out that Allen’s arrow had hit some brush before reaching the turkey.  After our failed morning attempt we decided to head out for some lunch and come back to the same location for an afternoon hunt! 

My 2008 turkey season got off to a very quick start with Allen Treadwell and Bass Pro’s 100% Real Hunting! I flew in to Kansas City and arrived at 10:30 in the morning. I was picked up by Treadwell and Matt another cameraman for Bass Pro. Once they picked me up we made the 2 hour journey west to Manhattan, Kansas. Gun season was 2 days off, so we were going to try our luck bow hunting for a couple of days. We stopped for lunch and then went into town where we met our Outfitter. He told us he had been seeing plenty of birds so we all got dressed in our Camo and headed for the Turkey woods. Our guide, Jon, set up a ground blind for us and we started to get nestled in at 3:50. It takes a while to get 2 camera guys situated in a ground blind where everyone has plenty of moving room, but we were doing our best to get settled in when Allen wanted to test his slate call. He struck the slate twice when we heard a gobble less than 40 yards from our blind. Matt and I scrambled to make sure the cameras were ready and here come the turkeys. Two hens came into view first and then the gobbler. When Allen saw the gobbler he drew back and let his arrow fly. The arrow found it’s mark and we were all amazed at how fast our 2008 turkey season had gotten started. I looked at my watch just after he shot the turkey and it was 4:12.It only took us 22 minutes from the time we stepped foot into the stand to the time Allen put the turkey on the ground!!!! Simply Amazing