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General Forum / Re: Mr FoxLast post by turkey stew - Today at 10:09:41 AMPrayers sent to the Haas family.
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General Forum / Re: Name No StatesLast post by eggshell - Today at 09:59:34 AMQuote from: POk3s on Today at 09:55:15 AMQuote from: eggshell on Today at 09:40:24 AMSadly the public areas are just going to get more and more use. Our sport is changing and sadly not to our liking. I am old and my days are numbered in the field and part of me is ok with that under these circumstances. I feel for you younger guys though. I watched the video and posted this comment hoping it might make some viewers think. Like Trent I was in position and not the intruder. That's called learning. Anyone who is open to learning is welcome in my woods. #7
LEARNING TO TURKEY HUNT / Re: Knowing When NOT To Pull t...Last post by eggshell - Today at 09:57:44 AMAgain we feel the same way Gobblenut. We were just hit with a big winter storm and I spent the last few days inside for the bulk of the day. I also have been watching some videos and I just had the same thought this morning. I watched one video where two guys in a blind tried to double up on a pair of gobblers by passing off the gun. The second bird was definitely wounded and the shot probably should not have been taken at a fleeing bird. What bothered me most was there was no comment or video footage that they even acknowledged a hit bird or tried to follow up and recover it. I had to comment on that one. This used to be more of an issue in the older videos and I think many of the newer youtubers do a good job at shot picking. At least the better known guys, yes even THP. I think there are a lot of wounded birds every season. Most probably recover but many don't. I would guess harvest numbers are 10% higher with these losses.
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General Forum / Re: Name No StatesLast post by POk3s - Today at 09:55:15 AMQuote from: eggshell on Today at 09:40:24 AMSadly the public areas are just going to get more and more use. Our sport is changing and sadly not to our liking. I am old and my days are numbered in the field and part of me is ok with that under these circumstances. I feel for you younger guys though. I watched the video and posted this comment hoping it might make some viewers think. Like Trent I was in position and not the intruder. I responded to your comment over on the video but in short. You're right and really, on one hand I'm glad everything ended as a "happy" experience for us both but I also have that voice inside of me that says I should've done more. It was my responsibility to make sure she understood and instead of doing that, I chose to just "be nice" and drop it. I hope I'm better mentally prepared for next time this happens... #9
General Forum / Re: Name No StatesLast post by eggshell - Today at 09:40:24 AMSadly the public areas are just going to get more and more use. Our sport is changing and sadly not to our liking. I am old and my days are numbered in the field and part of me is ok with that under these circumstances. I feel for you younger guys though. I watched the video and posted this comment hoping it might make some viewers think. Like Trent I was in position and not the intruder.
Wow, I don't think you owe anyone an apology. It just magnifies the safety issue and I am glad you posted this. We should always know where our shot may go down range, but in flat land you can't always have a backdrop. As a hunter if you are waved off a bird and acknowledge that wave off and turn away, you need to leave the area, period. She was wrong and created the situation. Most any hunter would assume she left. Was she going to try and shoot that bird out from under you? I was shot and almost died in a similar situation several years ago. I know it's hard to do, but I could not have stayed on that group of birds unless I talked to the other hunter. I would have pulled out and tried to make contact with them. Take my word for it, no gobbler in the entire world is worth an accidental shooting. We must do our best to know what is happening around us, but sometimes our best isn't enough. Again She put herself in harms way, but that is no solace after an accident. The guy who shot me was a veteran turkey hunter and he was traumatized over it too. Everyone looses. #10
LEARNING TO TURKEY HUNT / Knowing When NOT To Pull the T...Last post by GobbleNut - Today at 09:39:00 AMAwaiting the upcoming spring season, I tend to watch a few videos to get the blood pumping. On occasion, I will watch one where the hunter shoots a gobbler...or at one...that I say to myself "you should never have pulled the trigger in that situation". Those times are almost always when the shot is taken when it appears, from the camera angle, that there were other turkeys that could have been hit by the shot.
Giving the hunter the benefit of the doubt, I assume that the camera angle and the shot angle were different and the potential for secondary wounded/killed turkeys is not really there. The point of this post, though, is to discourage folks from taking those questionable shots in situations where multiple birds are too close together. There is never a time when the desire to be successful in killing a gobbler overrides making sure the shot taken is an ethical one. Now jumping off soapbox...  |
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