But I let 3 longbeards walk this morning. We've had some rain the last few days with more on tap for today. Since I'm filming I decided to go sit in a blind over a food plot and if nothing else just scout. I didn't hear anything on the roost. About 45 minutes after daylight it came a downpour and 3 gobblers with a few hens show up and man they looked like they just swam out of the pond. They got to within 10 yards of me but I didn't even pick my gun up. I decided to wait for a prettier day and maybe they will be more vocal and show off more. I guess the older I get pulling the trigger isn't the most important thing to me anymore....and wet gobblers take horrible pictures..lol.
Good for you man. Success is subjective and for many, the kill is secondary. I am by no means old but I find myself passing up shots more and more, especially on deer. You know when the time is right.
Not crazy. Enjoy the hunt!
Need more like you here in ms ... kudos
Crazy
Good on you....if you are going to make memories, they just as well be pretty ones!
I shot a gobbler once during a snow. He come in silent but I went ahead and shot him as I thought "what a memory and I will have an awesome picture to remember it with all the snow". Well, I shot him. He flopped into a running creek and my winter wonderland photo looked more like a drowned rat laid out on the snow. Good Grief....I have the memory, I guess. LOL.
GOOD FOR YOU! Great hunt IMO!! It's not about the Kill, it's about the EXPERIENCES we have when we hunt.
That's awesome, I wish I had that kind of self control. Sadly if it was my first tag of the season I think I woulda tried to pack one out with me :z-guntootsmiley:
Yep you crazy!
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You not crazy at all. A few years ago I shot one in a similar situation. Afterwards I regretted it. I've gotten somehow only too fell excited if I call one up. Anyone can ambush one, Imo. Just doesn't feel right.
We shall see if you fill that tag or not!
Whatever turns your crank, I have passed on doubles to extend my hunt.
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Well played. Kill him on your terms. Besides, wet gobblers taste funny.
Hopefully the turkey gods saw your act of charity and will reward you greatly.
Quote from: Dtrkyman on March 16, 2021, 02:12:28 PM
We shall see if you fill that tag or not!
Whatever turns your crank, I have passed on doubles to extend my hunt.
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I shot a double once. It was cool and I enjoyed it. But I will probably not do it again.
Like you said, holding off gives you more days to hunt!
When I was younger, I wanted to shoot a bearded hen someday. I never did, and now I no longer have the desire to do so. There are too few turkeys as it is.
Crazy. But a good crazy. Hunt on your terms. :icon_thumright:
Not crazy at all. Kudos to you buddy. The turkey Gods will smile on you. I will not kill a bird that I dont play the game with. Just my preference. In my younger days it was all about the numbers now its about the game and being able to be in Gods creation. I still hammer them and have killed way more than my shair but if I never kill another I had a awesome run.
Okay I will call you crazy since you asked nicely! Ha. Great self control. I admire that trait. Save them for a better day.
Good on you. I enjoy hunting on pretty days when there's better chance he's going to show off. Sounds like you stand a good chance of having them stay around (no witnesses to the killing) and should get the opportunity for a better experience.
Jim
It hasn't been often but when I've let birds walk I have never regretted it.
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Nope, consider myself a fan of rainy day gobblers. I'll take a downpour any day in spring season, shows difference between a person who goes turkey hunting and a turkey hunter! Total different ballgame than a bright sunny day hunt.
To each his own.
Quote from: guesswho on March 16, 2021, 03:15:16 PM
Besides, wet gobblers taste funny.
Not if you take the feathers off first...
Hope he got to breed some more hens for ya .
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" some " will say a dead gobbler is a dead gobbler , but IMO it matters " how " you kill em .
For me , I've let many of em go that I just walked up on by chance etc . It took me lots of years to get
Past the just kill em stage , but since I have gotten past the numbers game and realized turkey hunting is not
A competition,, I'm at a better place in life . Some will not get this , but I bet some will ...
Good for you. I don't see or understand why guys get excited but setting in a bling w 4-6 decoys waiting on a gobbler to walk past. They must have never felt the rush of working a bird, or having them come gobbling looking for you..
Quote from: Howie g on March 17, 2021, 07:33:31 AM
" some " will say a dead gobbler is a dead gobbler , but IMO it matters " how " you kill em .
For me , I've let many of em go that I just walked up on by chance etc . It took me lots of years to get
Past the just kill em stage , but since I have gotten past the numbers game and realized turkey hunting is not
A competition,, I'm at a better place in life . Some will not get this , but I bet some will ...
I totally understand. I'm that way with fly fishing for trout. It matters to me how I catch them not about how many. It's not all about size either. I look to catch the "Hard" trout regardless of size. I gave up on numbers as it's not important to me any more. I have nothing to prove. It's the same with turkey hunting.
sounds like a great hunt to me
Kudos to you, that's not the way I prefer to hunt either.