I was surrounded at daybreak, and managed to miss 2 gobblers, is my place ruined now? One shot I do not understand how I missed and the other was a borderline long shot
Things change as surroundings green up and hens nest. Over the years we have shot several in the same area. Should be fine. I know it makes us (people) to let it rest a short time.
Are you sure they were clean misses? Any feathers where they were standing?
I had one in particular that flew a great distance, but I could tell he was hit so I went that way. Luckily found him stone cold dead in the middle of a big briar bush.