2 Birds with one shot...

[encore06]

If you happen, accidentally, of course, kill 2 Birds with one shot, dont post it on facebook or brag about it. Regulations clearly states one beared turkey per day. Stuff happens, I understand. Turkeys bunched up, heads moving back and forth, shotgun pattern opening. I get it. However, its still illegal to do so.

 

[Andy S.]

This thread is useless without pics. :tu:

 

[Boll Weevil]

Been a couple of years ago but someone did that on here...brilliant.

 

[Setterman]

It should never happen if you're hunting ethically and intelligently. Sure you might miss an opportunity because of birds grouped up but so what there's always another day. Taking stupidly long shots also opens the pattern which could lead to this.

I'm really beginning to despise fellow hunters

 

[REN]

It should never happen if you're hunting ethically and intelligently. Sure you might miss an opportunity because of birds grouped up but so what there's always another day. Taking stupidly long shots also opens the pattern which could lead to this.

I'm really beginning to despise fellow hunters

yup, had it happen to me opening morning. Had 3 toms in range for 15mins. For 10 of that a jake kept getting between me and them and the last 5mins all 3 toms were so close together I never could get a clean shot. Was depressing watching them all walk away slowly....strutting

 

[PalsPal]

No excuses, really. It's the same with shooting a red head that pops over a rise before seeing a beard.

 

[Andy S.]

I seen it published in a middle TN newspaper few years back. Dad and son, with two gobblers the son had killed with one shot on juvenile hunt. Raise'm right! :tu:

 

[Gravey]

What about 3 for 1?

 

[AT Hiker]

Evidently it's ok to shoot one just on the other side of the property line so surely it's ok to kill two with one shot[emoji849]


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[74MOPAR]

Evidently it's ok to shoot one just on the other side of the property line so surely it's ok to kill two with one shot[emoji849]

I like your style


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[th88]

It should never happen if you're hunting ethically and intelligently.

I used to think that too at one time...

 

[Southern Sportsman]

It should never happen if you're hunting ethically and intelligently.

I used to think that too at one time...

I'd say setterman's assessment is 99.9% correct. It woukd be exceptionally rare, but I can think of situations where you could do everything "right," get up and walk over to your bird and see one flopping 25 yards past it that you didn't know was there. But if you can see the other turkey, there is absolutely no excuse.

 

[th88]

It should never happen if you're hunting ethically and intelligently.

I used to think that too at one time...

get up and walk over to your bird and see one flopping 25 yards past it that you didn't know was there.

Or ~10 yards a bit downhill. :shock:

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

I think it would be easy to do but I rarely see multiple birds come in to my setup

 

[RUGER]

Ok here is one for you.
The following is absolutely true and accurate in all accounts.
Who it was, will remain a secret.

This guy I know worked a bird in (longbeard) and when he got to about 25 yards he popped him.
After the shot he ran out to get his foot on the head.
While standing there letting the flop stop he peered across the pasture (downhill from his shooting location but not much) and through the POURING rain he could see a "stump" on the other side of the pasture.
Hmmm, I don't remember a stump being in there?
I guess the rain, and I mean RAIN, reduced his visibility enough that the jake that was NINETY YARDS from his shooting location wasn't visible.
Single pellet up side the head and it was a done deal. LOL
Flopped less than the longbeard he shot at 25 yards :rotf:

The hunter carried both out, called the local officer and self reported.
One thing about it, that was the UNLUCKIEST turkey ever born.

So yes, it CAN happen but if you do it right it is very rare.

 

[megalomaniac]

I've had 4 hunts this year with multiple Male birds within 20 yards. 2 resulted in a single dead Tom, another clean miss at 10 yards (that was the first ethical shot when the LB separated from the jakes), and the last instance where no shots were fired due to not enough separation at any time before they eased off.

Crap can happen with a 2ft wide pattern at 40 yds, but it should be less than 1 out of 100 shots fired. And with TSS, you have to be especially careful about birds 30 or 40 yards behind your target and 5 or 6 feet off to the side.

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[muddyboots]

It can happen despite doing everything correct.