alright fellas need something good to hear. missed one :(

[Ky strutt n bust n]

so this morning at 7:50 am, 10 minutes before work, i missed my second gobbler ever! been tracking this bird on clarks river refuge now over a week. i have been seeing his big old gobbler prints on the trail but have yet to hear him gobble for 4 hunts out there. well today i made the mile walk back to the spot, heard nothing. started headed back to truck about 7:00am and before i get back to truck about 7:20 i got him to finally gobble to me!!!! runned and gunned the mile to spot since 6 am and nothing and here he is less than 200 yards from the truck. so with 40 mintues before work and ive got a bird gobbling to everything me and my hooks call throw at him, i give him the silent treatment for 20 minutes, i called again and he gobbles a few more times but is looping around me on the trail, so i get into a better position and danged if he didn't have two deer with him, they smelt me i reckon and started blowing and stomping and ran off, he started putting and took off down the trail towards the truck. i ran after him with time dwelling down. i stop to listen and i can hear him bout 50 yards around a corner of the trail, i sit down in middle of trail clucked and purred a few times, and here he came around the corner, but walking spooked with his head down and moving fast. i tried stopping him but he wouldnt stop. i shot at about 40 yards, bam, a $5 hevi-shot shell spent. no flopping gobbler. it hurt me guys!!!!!! and ive killed plenty and pleny of birds but this one hurt me!!!

[tomstopper]

Sory to hear that. Better luck next time.

[spaightlabs]

No excuse to miss at 40 - you had to miss by a mile. You miss at 10, you sailed a roll of nickels past his head.  At 40 you sailed a garbage can lid by him.   

Try again.

[guesswho]

Probably won't be your last.   That should make you feel better.  Best thing to do is shrug your shoulders and move on.

[jellyhead48]

No excuse to miss at 40 - you had to miss by a mile. You miss at 10, you sailed a roll of nickels past his head.  At 40 you sailed a garbage can lid by him.   

Try again.

Not very nice!  no need to kick a guy while he is down.   

[Flydown]

 A miss is probably the worst feeling a turkey hunter can feel and the only cure is a kill shot. Good luck on your next hunt!

[Punisher]

People who say they have never missed are either lying or haven't shot at many turkeys.  Keep your head up and shake it off.  I missed two the first day here in KY.  Still tagged out on mature gobblers.  I have tagged out on longbeards in KY for the last 14 yrs., killed several birds at Ft. Campbell, and a few turkeys in Missouri and I can guarantee you that there has been about as many years with misses as with no misses.

[Limbstrutter]

Probably won't be your last.   That should make you feel better.  Best thing to do is shrug your shoulders and move on.

What he said.  + 1  

[mknoble91]

I've been in those shoes before! Just makes ya feel like crap non-stop until ya shoot another one, no matter how long that is.

[chipper]

I've missed a few of them in 25 years, Missed one twice opening day last year on 2 different set ups because I bumped me sights going in and they were off, went back in there about 2 weeks later and whacked him at 20 yards, was the biggest I killed last year. They all hurt me when I miss but don't get down, Its called Turkey hunting not turkey shooting, ads to the memories and will be more satisfying when you do get him. Good Luck .

[spaightlabs]

No excuse to miss at 40 - you had to miss by a mile. You miss at 10, you sailed a roll of nickels past his head.  At 40 you sailed a garbage can lid by him.   

Try again.

Not very nice!  no need to kick a guy while he is down.   

This ain't the women's sewing circle, is it?  Did I get on the wrong forum??

Gosh and golly, I'm sorry, it wasn't your fault, probably bad ammo, bird ducked, bird jumped...  

[worth612000]

Turkeys are tough birds. If anything can be learned from what happened it was still a good hunt.

[WyoHunter]

Better to miss completely than to wound him! Sounds like with all the activity prior to the shot you might have been more excited than what you felt - picked your head up when you shot or maybe you yanked the trigger instead of pulling it. You'll get him next time!