Worst story ever, but Safe story !!!!!!!

[yukonhunter]

Long story short, It has been rough in Ny so far. Not too much gobbling at all.On sunday I had a nice tom at sixty yards, I shoot an 1187 with heavy 7's but Im not risking wounding a bird so i let himwalk. Yesterday I passed up a jake that came in with 2 hens. Then I heard two gobblers going nuts the next ravine over.  I called to them for 45 minutes and they would not cross the ravine, I went all the way around towards them sothey would not see me. I set up the decoys in an old logging road, all of a sudden I heard them gobble from about 60yards away in the rush. I could not move or they would see me. So i just layed down proned out behind the decoys.  Then I heard a terrible sounding yelp almost like a bad hunter making a call, so I thought oh crap he might cut the gobblers off.  A few seconds later I saw a large object stalking out of the brush, I did not give it a second thought esp being setup right behind the decoys, I yelled "hunter hunter" then stood up and waved my hands.  It was 2 strutting gobblers coming down a small hill walking just above the other, it looked like the size of a human.  Im still sick to my stomach.  Good note is at least I was safe. But I cant even stop thinking about it

[stinkpickle]

   Safe AND Sorry!  That sounds like something I would do.   

[vicksburg]

That IS terrible!   

[TrackeySauresRex]

Better to be safe they say... Had to scare the poop outta ya!
B-Safe

[catdaddy]

I don't believe I would have told that one on myself

[wvboy]

I bet those two Longbeards got a good laugh out of that one sittin on the limb later that night

Better safe than sorry though ..

[Tail Feathers]

Sorry it ended bad but that's funny.
I once stood up and was ready to call out to the guy walking up behind me.  Turned out the guy walking up behind me was a hen.  She musta had huge feet because she crunched some leaves.

[jakebird]

Too funny! Try and keep a sense of humor about it. You fooled them, called them in, which means you won in my book, dead bird or not.  Congrats on a cool hunt and a funny story your buddies will never tire of hearing!

[Thunderbolt]

Dang....that suds ....but better safe then sorry...

[Big Ugly]

On the up side you are here to tell the story....and chase turkeys another day.  Good to play it safe!  

[archery1]

On the up side you are here to tell the story....and chase turkeys another day.  Good to play it safe!  

[Henshaw]

Funny story, one I'm sure is going to be told around the campfire for many years. Absolutely would have done the same thing, so I  could have those many years around the campfire. Thanks for sharing.

[Eric Gregg]

That's the kind of things that happen that make hunting fun!
Glad it was two tom's and not two dudes.

[redrivergar]

You did the right thing.


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