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Title: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: gophert on January 17, 2013, 11:32:47 AM
Careful....as a turkey hunter this is very painful to watch, but a good reminder of what can happen when you don't keep your head down.  Good luck to everyone this season!

http://youtu.be/pZCMQsMAIaQ

Enjoy,
Tim
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Sand Man on January 17, 2013, 11:52:07 AM
Been there.  Done that.  Got the t-shirt.  Bought a red dot.   ;D
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: gophert on January 17, 2013, 11:56:51 AM
Quote from: Sand Man on January 17, 2013, 11:52:07 AM
Been there.  Done that.  Got the t-shirt.  Bought a red dot.   ;D

AMEN TO THAT!  Me too!
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: tomstopper on January 17, 2013, 12:50:25 PM
Quote from: gophert on January 17, 2013, 11:56:51 AM
Quote from: Sand Man on January 17, 2013, 11:52:07 AM
Been there.  Done that.  Got the t-shirt.  Bought a red dot.   ;D

AMEN TO THAT!  Me too!
X2 Thats how we learn. Cant killem all.....
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: stone road turkey calls on January 17, 2013, 02:21:02 PM
Great video, thanks for shareing it
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: CT Spur Collector on January 17, 2013, 02:33:19 PM
Oh my, that brings back bad memories.  I did that one morning and it was the last time. I'm old now. I put a scope on top of the Benelli.  Works great, I hope to never do that again.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: rev on January 17, 2013, 08:36:16 PM
Just watching that in the dead of winter when the tempature is 26 makes my heart rate go from 80 rpm to about 20000000 rpms as soon as I heard that first gobble. As soon as I saw that big blue head, I had to keep telling myself to take a breath, and I'm just watch the video.
MAN can't wait for spring

My first bird I missed was worse then that, and it still makes me laugh now, but boy was I pissed at the time.  Great video, I thought I was the only one that misses.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Spring_Woods on January 17, 2013, 09:01:21 PM
  :popcorn:


Oh man that will give me nightmares up until turkey season.

Very hard to watch.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Old Gobbler on January 17, 2013, 09:33:15 PM
Looked like a  clean miss , so its another day for both the shooter and the gobbler   :fud: :OGani:
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Eric Gregg on January 17, 2013, 11:29:53 PM
 :fud: :OGani:
That was nice footage of some gobblers!
That got my heart rate up
The fans on those two looked huge when they strutted out in that field.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Tail Feathers on January 19, 2013, 01:58:50 PM
Great footage!
Got my heart beating a bit there too.

Dang shame it didn't end with flopping. :blob10:
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: TN-Hunter on January 19, 2013, 05:19:50 PM
Good footage, and thats why I have a scope. Its funny after you have kicked your own but until its sore :goofball:
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Muzzy61 on January 20, 2013, 02:41:10 PM
Great footage,  super birds. That was painful.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: hookedspur on January 20, 2013, 04:06:00 PM
Thanks I might have been with them on that hunt  :'(
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: JK Spurs on January 20, 2013, 04:39:38 PM
Wow, that makes you sick in the stomach! It's happened to me one too many times. Great footage though...
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Neill_Prater on January 20, 2013, 05:52:22 PM
Yep, if that hasn't happened to you, it just means you haven't turkey hunted very long! I went to a red dot several years ago, but, guess what, it is still possible to miss. I did so last spring. Missed a bird in the wide open at about 20 yards. I got in too big a hurry and jerked the trigger. It wasn't all bad, though, because I got to hunt another 9 days or so before filling my second tag the next to last day of the season.  :)
Title: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Onpoint on January 20, 2013, 06:44:04 PM
Don't ya hate it when that happens
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Shotgun Dave on January 20, 2013, 07:27:03 PM
Makes me want to go in the Morning !!!! Also makes me want to really concentrate on the little red dot and the White Head !!! Great video thanks for posting it .
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: El Pavo Grande on January 21, 2013, 12:58:11 AM
Nice video!!!  Thanks for sharing.  Experienced that first hand more than I would like to admit.  Missed two on two different set ups within a couple hours of each other one morning.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Gold Spur on January 21, 2013, 03:17:45 AM
Yep, it's happened to me a couple of times. That's why I bought a FFII.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: chatterbox on January 21, 2013, 05:31:09 AM
Yup. That hurts. Happened to me too many times!
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: CT Spur Collector on January 23, 2013, 09:32:39 PM
Tell us how many JK, I can think of a few! Haha.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Bustabeak on January 26, 2013, 09:58:51 PM
Man, that'll make you sick.... Awesome video though!
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Skeeterbait on January 26, 2013, 10:56:11 PM
Yep a red dot will prevent that from happening.  You may still miss but it won't be because you raised your head.
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: lmbhngr on January 26, 2013, 11:09:01 PM
Been there done that!
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: longspur on January 27, 2013, 04:11:44 AM
As Forrest would say "it happens".
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: Longspur321 on January 27, 2013, 10:39:56 AM
Quote from: Sand Man on January 17, 2013, 11:52:07 AM
Been there.  Done that.  Got the t-shirt.  Bought a red dot.   ;D

So very very true!!
Title: Re: A Video to remind you to KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN this season
Post by: BrowningGuy88 on January 27, 2013, 11:30:38 AM
Been there done that ONCE! I missed at 8 yards and then again at 20 or so and then twice more when he flew off.

I will probably miss again but I remember that miss every time I have a tom coming in and it helps me to go through the solid cheek weld, bead on waddles, and squeeze gently routine.