We did the Jake on the last day scenario, now lets do an opening day.
Your hunting in Georgia on opening day. In Georgia you get three birds and if you choose to do so you can legally kill all three the same day. You have three longbeards heads lined up at 25 yards. Do you pull the trigger and kill all three ending your hunt? Would it make a difference if it was the last day of your hunt?
I personally wouldn't.
I would prefer to extend my season if possible. It might burn me in the end, but I would rather have the one on opening day.
Now last day of the season, I would roll all three if they were that tight together.
i would never have than chance again. however not on opening day. last of season let the flopping start
scott
Opening day, I would probably shoot, especially if I had the opportunity to hunt out of state. I've never had a chance at multiple birds with one shot before. If it was getting close to the end of the season, I would shoot for sure.
Yes. After driving all the way from Mi.
Quote from: chatterbox on January 04, 2012, 08:16:55 PM
I personally wouldn't.
I would prefer to extend my season if possible. It might burn me in the end, but I would rather have the one on opening day.
Now last day of the season, I would roll all three if they were that tight together.
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Deffiantly not on the first day, but if I made it the whole season without killing a turkey they better not line their heads up on the last day.
For me it is 7 hours to my hunting area one way and usually I only hunt for two days at a time (cost and distance). So yes then I would enjoy a day with the camera and take pictures.
I'd pull the trigger, how often will you get the chance for a triple with one shot. Although that is a story you probably will never tell because few people will believe it.
If it was there I would take two at least
Every single one of them would be flopping, that would be a once in a lifetime type hunt and opportunity......and I have plenty of friends to help fill their tags and hunt along with to get my spring fix fill through the season. Great ?'s, I like the scenarios.
BAM!!! Would ring out! Then I would pack up and come to SC to fill my 5 tags here. Grinnin like a mule chewin briars. A goal to mark off the list that was never written on it. :)
my first thought was no but if it was in Georgia I would probably be on a limited time table and on a few day hunt so Yes I would probably do it.
If I was in state and hunting all season then no
As an out of state hunter... I just might be Bass fishin' the rest om my trip ;D
I've only had the opportunity to (legally) take multiple birds with one shot one time, in Kansas a few years ago, and did so. Would I normally, at the first of the season, no, but it was my second trip to Kansas, and I had been hunting hard for several days. I caught 3 gobblers crossing an open field heading toward a roost area. I got ahead of them, and called them toward me. I focused on the lead bird, and yelped to stop them. The first and third birds did stop, but the second walked right beside the lead bird, which I was aiming at. I hesitated perhaps a second, then thought, "why not?", and dropped them both.
As for your scenario, if it was the first day of a several day hunt, no, I wouldn't. If it were the last day of my hunt, or the season, yes. If I had someone along to help me carry them out of the woods. Dang, carrying those 2 birds a half a mile got heavy! :) Neill
With the limited time I actually get to be in the woods to hunt, BOOM!!!!!!
I work with a lot of guys from GA, and one is still a member of a hunting club in south GA. We made an early trip down there year before last. I would not have shot 2 birds on that trip, being a guest like that.
Otherwise... Early season DIY hunts down in the dirty, dirty south like that are tough! The ones I've done have been short whirlwind affairs anyway. I'd take the chance if I was lucky enough to get it. You earn a lot of birds you dont kill and you kill a lot of birds you dont earn. It all comes out in the wash.
I have passed on at least ten opportunities to kill multiple long beards with one shot. I have killed two with one shot purposefully once and regretted it. I have passed on single birds just to get the chance to hunt again. For me it's more about the hunt than the kill.
I don't think I can answer this honest without first being in that position. I would like to think I would just take a single gobbler in that opening day situation. I know what would be more rewarding for me is to take 3 gobblers on 3 completely different hunts spaced through out the spring season which would give time to smell the roses along the way, so to speak. Seems like the older I get it ain't so much about the actual harvest but more so about the individual hunt experiences and simply just the time spent out in the woods hunting them. Closing day and having not harvested any birds and being within the legal limit I would have no problem letting the shot fly if I thought I could make clean kills. Seems to me that would be a farily low percentage shot to take em all down cleanly. Possible yes, but risky. Nothing deserves a slow death. :icon_thumright: The Cohutta Strutter.....
If I was a non-resident hunter with limited time then probably yes.
If it was my home state not likely
Absolutely, IF I was 100% sure of 3 DEAD birds.
Ronnie, you really like to tease people with these little scenarios.
I have passed on many opportunities to kill multiple birds with one shot, and have on numerous occasions chosen not to shoot at a gobbler because I was afraid I would kill more than one, even when I could legally do it.
In fact, the last time that occurred was this last spring with two Oklahoma Rios. In that case, I could have killed both of those birds and still kept hunting by crossing a nearby creek and being in another county. As it was, they walked away, heads always aligned, and I passed on shooting them both, even though I easily could have.
As others have stated, for me turkey hunting is not about a body count anymore.
However, in all honesty, on the last day of an out-of-state hunt where I really wanted to kill a gobbler and it would be my last opportunity to take one, I would be lying to say that I know for sure I would not shoot in a situation where I could legally kill multiple birds. I don't think I would ever shoot in an instance of having the possibility of killing three birds. Two? I'm not so sure.
I hope I am never put in the position of having to make that last-second choice. I have had a one-gobbler-at-a-time rule my whole life. I haven't broken it yet. I would hate to break that rule after so many years.
I would check their spurs, first. :D
can we say "bang"
yes I would