Video from the other day

[catman529]

Went with Fleet Fox on Wednesday to put a sneak on this old tom strutting with a few hens. Turkeys being turkeys made it a much longer stalk than we thought but in the end he got a perfect shot at the bird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BYA_U9SzLg

 

[Crazyeye]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.


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[Gravey]

Congrats

 

[Roost 1]

Nice video but I wouldn't call shooting one in strut a perfect shot. Just my opinion.

 

[catman529]

Nice video but I wouldn't call shooting one in strut a perfect shot. Just my opinion.

I told him to yell at the bird to get his head up but right then he shot... the breast only had 3 or 4 pellets, was not bad at all.

 

[Spurhunter]

Nice video but I wouldn't call shooting one in strut a perfect shot. Just my opinion.

My opinion as well. I lost a bird years ago because I shot him in strut. 42 yards. Full strut. In a field. Wide open. Rolled him. When I got to him he ran into the woods and I never saw him again. I was sick for days about not making a quick kill. I vowed to never shoot one in strut again. Whether you mess up meat or not, it's not an ethical shot. I enjoyed the video up to that point though.

 

[edtcase]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.


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[catman529]

Nice video but I wouldn't call shooting one in strut a perfect shot. Just my opinion.

My opinion as well. I lost a bird years ago because I shot him in strut. 42 yards. Full strut. In a field. Wide open. Rolled him. When I got to him he ran into the woods and I never saw him again. I was sick for days about not making a quick kill. I vowed to never shoot one in strut again. Whether you mess up meat or not, it's not an ethical shot. I enjoyed the video up to that point though.

I don't see how it's any less ethical when you have his whole head and neck in full view head-on. I've missed birds with their head straight in the air so I don't think you can blame a strutting bird for getting away from a 42 yard shot. My only concern is the meat which isn't ruined, it's just more shot to pick out. This toms head was freakin tore up!


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[Andy S.]

Nice video but I wouldn't call shooting one in strut a perfect shot.

x2. As usual Cat, great footage. Any hunter out there is rolling the dice when shooting one in strut, and many times, the bird is wounded and never recovered. This video footage should not be shown or promoted to the younger, more inexperienced hunters. My .02

 

[Spurhunter]

This should show you how much more head and neck is exposed out of strut, and that's why you don't shoot them in strut. But you already know all this. Otherwise you wouldn't have told your buddy to make him come out of strut and pick his head up.

 

[cozy23]

Congrats. Glad it worked out! Great video.

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[catman529]

This should show you how much more head and neck is exposed out of strut, and that's why you don't shoot them in strut. But you already know all this. Otherwise you wouldn't have told your buddy to make him come out of strut and pick his head up.

I said that to spare getting shot in the meat. Even with his head tucked up in strut, it's not like shooting a dime, you still have about 10 inches of neck to cover with your pattern...how many pellets you get in a 10 inch circle? It's pretty obviously a dead bird unless you screw up the shot which we all do.


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[Duck dogn]

Great job thanks for sharing!

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

Awesome as always

 

[Andy S.]

....you still have about 10 inches of neck to cover with your pattern...

C'mon Cat, this isn't your girlfriend you are talking to. :rotf: :tu:

In reality, you have an area about as big as your fist to hit when you shoot one in strut, so basically 2" x 3".

 

[Bgoodman30]

Seems like y'all had some background or road noise to cover you? Turkeys I've been after lately would been 3 ridges over before I got that shot..


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[AllOutdoors]

Nice video.

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[Spurhunter]

I said that to spare getting shot in the meat. Even with his head tucked up in strut, it's not like shooting a dime, you still have about 10 inches of neck to cover with your pattern...how many pellets you get in a 10 inch circle? It's pretty obviously a dead bird unless you screw up the shot which we all do.

You must be right. Surely generations and generations of seasoned turkey hunters can't know what they are talking about. :roll:

 

[catman529]

I said that to spare getting shot in the meat. Even with his head tucked up in strut, it's not like shooting a dime, you still have about 10 inches of neck to cover with your pattern...how many pellets you get in a 10 inch circle? It's pretty obviously a dead bird unless you screw up the shot which we all do.

You must be right. Surely generations and generations of seasoned turkey hunters can't know what they are talking about. :roll:

I'm just going off the amount of blood coming out of various places on that turkeys head and neck. It was nowhere near a marginal shot. I shot one 2 weeks ago with his neck tucked up like that and same result, blood everywhere and stone dead turkey


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[Roost 1]

How many will you have to lose to be convinced? Take enough shots like that and it's eventually gonna happen. It's simple do something to make him raise his head. If he is strutting he obviously does not know danger is near, so you got time. Not trying to get on you but every year you make posts about missing birds, this will only add to that number. If nothing else try to learn from others mistakes.