Tough luck

[buckmanjr]

here we go, i just deleted this story twice while i was typin itBash1 Smashhead Smashhead

so friday night we go and get 4 birds roosted 300 yards from the truck, saturday morning we are there at 415am. My dad sits 30 yards behind me, im on the edge of the road about 10-15 yards from the retention pond.I see the first jake wake up, he starts streching out and stuff, then the other jake, then the tom wakes up and gobbles. A hen answers,let me tell you, i didnt think hens were that loud, this thing was REALLY loud. so the gobblers still in the tree gobbling, then the first jake flys down at about 445-500am, then the 2nd jake, then the third, then the gobbler.! im ready for this, i was shaking sooo much. so after about 10 more minutes of gobbling on the ground i can hear him getting a little closer, i cant see him b/c of the mound of dirt, then i see the ducks fly out of the retention pond, so i knew they were close. im ready, gun up pointin the way i think they are gunna come out, i was right. here comes the tom, all i see is about his bear up, at about 10 yards, BOOM he falls over then flys away, i get up, the other jake flys away, then the other jake pops his head over the hill, he sees me and starts to run BOOM, BOOM. i missed him clean, i go over and there are tons of feathers where i shot the tom, the Shotgun wad was even there, but no bird, for the next hour we look, but cant find anybird. we looked under everybrush pile, everythick thing, i was really angry with myself.


next year, 2 new turkey guns, and me and my dad can hunt seperate.Bash1 Bash1 Bash1 Bash1 Smashhead Smashhead Smashhead Smashhead



dont make fun of me, lol Beerchug

[tacoma]

I have heard of this happening many of times. If you don't get a good clean head shot then you can forget about it! Them feathers are tough and thick! Were you using a Turkey choke? I have a super full turkey choke on a Remington 870. And I am shooting a new remington load this year that has a cone behind the wad...it keeps a tighter pattern farther away than normal. I shot this load with the choke before the season and it was keeping a group the size of my fist at 35 yards!!!! Better luck next year!

[buckmanjr]

i was using 20 gauge 870, rem loads with a turkey choke. Me and my dad will probably get mossburgs. thats 2 turkeys we have not gotten. my dad missed a tom low last year at 35 yards. Ill set mine up with a red dot scope, and then ill get a nice clean kill if im lucky again next year. Also we are going up to maine, everyone says its easy turkey hunting up there, because there are so many.

[kurt000111]

Buckmanjr .....the only reason we make fun of you is that you make it SOOOOOO easy for us to ....j/k pal,...... imagine the stories that tom is telling his friends today !!!!

[tacoma]

I have a red dot on my 870... I swear by it for turkey and deer. The only thing you need to get used to is keeping both eyes open while using it. Not like a typical scope!

[buckmanjr]

ya, i have shot with red dots, kurt, i honesty think that turkey must have crawled up under something and died. Its to bad having him go to waste, but how could he survive a shot from ten yards, the wad even hit him!

[fisher16]

To bad there Buckjr. I am sure you'll get another crack at those birds. Better luck next time.