after a busted setup or missed shot, how far to move?

[200racing]

if you get busted, shoot at a bird or bump them off a roost. how far do you need to go to set up again.few hundred yards,.25 to .5 of mile or another peice of property?

[Skeeterbait]

Now a shot at bird I am going to follow directly and look for in case I had hit it.   A bumped or spooked bird it will likely depend on the terrain you are in.  I mostly hunt timberland that is flat like river bottoms or rolling hills.  In this terrain I will quickly travel about 100 yards perpendicular to the direction the bird was traveling when it left and then around 200 yards parallel to the direction he was traveling.  This is nearly always enough to put you back in front of him even if he left running.  They don't go all that far and will settle back down in 30 minutes.

[jshively]

Now a shot at bird I am going to follow directly and look for in case I had hit it.   A bumped or spooked bird it will likely depend on the terrain you are in.  I mostly hunt timberland that is flat like river bottoms or rolling hills.  In this terrain I will quickly travel about 100 yards perpendicular to the direction the bird was traveling when it left and then around 200 yards parallel to the direction he was traveling.  This is nearly always enough to put you back in front of him even if he left running.  They don't go all that far and will settle back down in 30 minutes.

I am going to try this tactic this year.  Lord knows I have been known to bump a bird or two - so at least this keeps me in the game.

[gunnerj]

It depends on the terrain. I do that here, and you are generally done in that spot. My wooded areas are generally less than 40 acres. When the turkeys bust, they bust to the open, and don't come back to the woods till fly up. I just move to a different spot. 

[guesswho]

I think time is more important than distance.  Plus there are different degrees of being busted which come into play.  Worse case for me and I'll usually let the bird be until the next day.   If they just seen something they didn't like and run off I'll usually just sit tight.  Sometimes they will let you know where their at in an hour or so and you can go from there, if not I'll move a hundred yards or so and try him again. 

[1iagobblergetter]

I think it depends on terrain,how long you want to set in a spot for it to calm down, and how many birds you have. I've bumped birds and have stuck around the same spot and have filled my tag,but I think it would be faster to move.

[redleg06]

I think time is more important than distance.  Plus there are different degrees of being busted which come into play.  Worse case for me and I'll usually let the bird be until the next day.   If they just seen something they didn't like and run off I'll usually just sit tight.  Sometimes they will let you know where their at in an hour or so and you can go from there, if not I'll move a hundred yards or so and try him again. 

I agree with a lot of what has been said already but specifically the part about taking into account how "bumped" the turkey was.  When a turkey see's something it doesnt like, it's first reaction is to run away and ask questions later so unless a turkey has definitely identified you as immediate danger (if you shot at him and missed for example), they usually tend to settle back down pretty quick.   

[SouthEastNC]

Agree with what everyone else has said.

Been fall hunting in VA a couple times for something different. They use dogs to run into the flocks (in thick timber areas) and bust/scatter the birds, and then we'd wait about 20 minutes to try to call them back together towards us.

I think the amount of cover/woods and acreage you have to work with is the biggest thing.