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Watching a video of a fellow taking a youngster on the Alabama juvenile hunt made me think of this peril that many of us go through when taking someone else, be it a kid or any one else.

It brought back memories of last year's hunt with my daughter. We had a bird at less than 20 yards from the blind, but she could not get lined up with the angle she was at, and the height of her chair.. It drove both of us nuts.

Me: "Can you see him?"

Her: "Yes, No, Yes, No!"

We adjust!

Me: "What about now?"

Her: "No!"

She was almost in tears whispering, "Daddy, I just can't do it!"

But, I wasn't about to give up that easily. Finally she got lined up, and was able to take her first turkey. It just about wore both of us out. The adrenaline rush and then the frustration was almost unbearable.

I had a similar deal a few years ago with my dad. Bird was roosted just off the edge of a ridge. We were able to get in perfect on the flat top of it. A few soft clucks, and he was dancing at 30 yards. I had a perfect angle watching the show. Dad was too far (about 5 steps to my left) to talk to him. His hearing loss wouldn't have helped either. Any way, the bird finally got bored and drifted off the side and vanished.

He couldn't determine if the bird was in front or behind a fallen log (he was in front) and therefore didn't shoot. When he realized it was in front, it got behind some trees.

Let's hear other's frustrating stories!
 
My son's first bird came in with 8 jakes and some hens. He was shooting a 3" 20 gauge with a modified choke so they had to be close. All those eyes so close had me going nuts. Finally he got a shot at the longbeard at 19 yards and dusted him!
 
I would say calling a gobbler in for my wife on opening day in 2011. 25 yards, in a pasture, perfect shot. She had the gun, I was un-armed. She for some reason did not want to shoot it. She says, "they are too pretty"

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woodsman87":12f9qpbw said:
I would say calling a gobbler in for my wife on opening day in 2011. 25 yards, in a pasture, perfect shot. She had the gun, I was un-armed. She for some reason did not want to shoot it. She says, "they are too pretty"
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Have you taken her back?
 
I have realized that God did not design women to be hunters. My wife killed a nice buck but I didn't think she was going to pull the trigger. We were watching does in a field when he walks into a clearing I had made. I stopped him and she says "You idiot, I'm not ready" I just started saying shoot him shoot him
 
Was hunting with someone last year and he was about 10 yards from me and I saw 2 longbeards come strutting in to about 70 yards and hang up. I got some video of them and waited but they never came close enough. He never saw the birds due to the trees.


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I had made a poor shot on a large buck on a guided hunt. The guide and I were following the blood trail and the guide was in front with no gun. The buck jumped up and the guide was between me and the buck so I couldn't make a follow up shot. I lost the buck. Always let the hunter lead the track unless the guide has a gun.
 
My son will be 12 Saturday and killed his first and only bird when be was 8. We went over the afternoon before and watched some birds go to roost so I went back after dark and put a blind up because I knew there was no way he could kill one without it. When we got there the next morning the stupid cows had messed with it so it was partially down. Got it fixed and climbed in. When the birds flew down I did a few calls and the hens came our way followed but 2 or 3 longbeards. When they got to within 30 yards I told him to get ready and he had his gun pointed out one window. The one I wanted him to shoot wouldn't come out of strut and kept going back and forth. He shifted windows about 4 times when I cut at him and he ran that head up. He let the hammer down and rolled him and I about did cartwheels trying to get out of the blind. Still one of my favorite hunts if not my favorite.
 
Couple years ago I called in my sons first gobbler, well actually 2 of them to about 15 yds. We were both against the same tree, and in some pretty thick timber. I saw them coming at about 40 yards out and got him zeroed in on them. He was ready with his little 20 gauge mossy bantam. I was whispering to him...not yet! When they got up in front of us I whispered to shoot, then again...shoot, SHOOT HIM! Then those dreaded alarm puts as they got nervous and turned around and vanished back into the woods. I pulled my mask down, turned and said, son why didn't you shoot him??? He had tears in his eyes and was all tore up. He said he couldn't get the tang safety off. I snatched the gun up, and sure enoungh that sucker was extremely hard to slide forward especially with his little gloved thumb. We got home and I googled it, sure enough alot of people had had the same issue with the safety on the Mossberg. I watched a youtube video of how to fix it. I had to take the safety apart and cut a little of the spring so it wouldn't have so much pressure on it. Works like a charm now, and he hasn't had that problem since.
 
darn2ten":3uifoxur said:
He had tears in his eyes and was all tore up. He said he couldn't get the tang safety off.
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Yep, that's the same look my daughter was giving me. You want something so bad, and then it's not happening, and they feel like they have let you down. It's brutality on the emotions!

Has he gotten a bird since then?
 
I've gotten my wife into range of several big toms that she missed and then had to deal with her temper on top of that when she was mad at herself, me and everything else in the world, I won't go into stories because it will frustrate me again and if she happens to read this its better I don't go into details about them.
 
PalsPal":o48843x2 said:
darn2ten":o48843x2 said:
He had tears in his eyes and was all tore up. He said he couldn't get the tang safety off.
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Yep, that's the same look my daughter was giving me. You want something so bad, and then it's not happening, and they feel like they have let you down. It's brutality on the emotions!

Has he gotten a bird since then?
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No not yet. That was two years ago, then last year on the opening week Monday he had surgery on his foot and was out of commission after that. Hopefully we'll change that this year.
 
It's going to be a CF with kids, but that's part of it. I got mad the first time (wide open miss), the second time (swing and a miss), but the third time he smoked the bird. Been a killer ever since.
 

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