Just curious, but when/if you miss a gobbler on your home place where no one else hunts, do you go back after him:
a few days later?
the next day?
call from same spot?
call from different spot?
Give him a few hours and get back after em.
i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.
I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.
I generally give him the day off if I missed in Friday and the week off of on Saturday.
I've killed about 75% of the misses the next morning.
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Quote from: Gobble! on March 21, 2016, 09:55:25 AM
i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.
Ha. Same here.
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Quote from: Gobble! on March 21, 2016, 09:55:25 AM
i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.
^^^This
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Quote from: tha bugman on March 21, 2016, 11:10:33 AM
I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.
I just want to dig a hole and cry...But one good thing is he's still out in those woods somewhere and i get to hunt him another day...Most of the time i give him a couple days off before going after him again.. A great turkey hunter told me ALWAYS have a plan B for turkey hunting or a backup plan...
It is situational. Did I touch him? Did he see me? Was he alone? If he was not alone, did they scatter?
I missed a gobbler with a hen one afternoon. He went north, she went south. He did not see me. I sat for 30 minutes and went to examine the spot where he was standing at the shot; no blood, no feathers. I knew he wanted to get back with the hen so I determined to wait one hour from the shot to call. He gobbled before the hour was up and I moved 100 yards in his direction and set up. He completely circled me in a 45 minute timespan and made the decision to take a ride in my truck.
Had I found blood or feathers, I would have spent time looking for his corpse. Had he been alone and untouched, I would have gone home or to another spot. Since he was with a hen, untouched and separated from the hen at the shot, it was an easy decision.
Really? He's the only bird in your woods? I have missed and this is what I've done. Take a nap. Get back to hunting. Him or any other Tom I see / hear.
I never miss. :lol:
Quote from: tha bugman on March 21, 2016, 11:10:33 AM
I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.
X2
I never miss. :fud:
Actually, I just try and give the bird some time to regain his wits then I do the same. If the property is large enough, I'll check back on him before I leave. If not, he gets a pass for the remainder of the day.
Quote from: tha bugman on March 21, 2016, 11:10:33 AM
I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.
I had a couple of such mishaps and they all go back a few years. I remember all of them with a certain vile regret.
I have never killed a bird that I have missed, or even bumped (i.e. spooked). Though I had a pair of toms come in once and killed one... Killed his buddy about 3 days later... Waited for the second bird to run off on his own after the first one was shot.
I never miss. Sometimes the turkey just fails to be standing in the right spot. Then it becomes a warning shot. It should be followed up by violent fist shaking and threats. :)
Miss him today, kill him tomorrow is the norm for me.
I missed one on opening day last year and of course it looked he flew a mile away. That was a Saturday, went back in to listen on Sunday (no Sunday hunting in PA) and was roosted in the same spot gobbling his head off. I went in Monday morning and had him thrown over my shoulder at 6AM.
Buts let's not talk about missing....change the subject. It's making me nauseous.
If it is early or mid day I hold go way wide the direction he flew or ran and after a few hours a crow call or woodpecker call to shock gobble if that fails I throw a few cutts in. Personally I do not think it matters either way.
Couple days, different call, different set up
same day
Just as soon as he tells me he's lonely .