Just a Hypothetical

[zelmo1]

You have worked a bird that is on your hitlist into range, just waiting for a good shot. Then you see a coyote sneaking in. The coyote is 35 yards and the Tom is at 25, opposite directions. Which do you shoot? Just stretching my brain, lol. Z

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         I shoot the gobbler first and try a follow up on the yote. Z

[Paulmyr]

I plan on eating the turkey sooo........the coyote? Not so much.

[Howie g]

Probably shot the gobbler , but the yote gets it to if he hangs around .

[Sir-diealot]

If I had been hunting the turkey pretty much exclusively and the coyote came in I would take the turkey. That said Coyote aren't in season and I lost being able to hunt for to many years because of my last car accident and am not going to lose it again to shoot a coyote out of season.

[WV Ridge Reaper]

They don't call me wild bill fur nothing

Personal experience that has happened..i don't believe coyotes hurt the turkeys as much as everyone thinks..And ill leave it at that


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[squidd]

Coyote, as i've had fewer opportunities to shoot one!

[mcw3734]

Turkey, without a doubt.

[Greg Massey]

If it's a hit list gobbler and i had been hunting him for a long time, I'll shoot the gobbler... But i hope in the future the coyote gets run over or hit by a train... trap

[Gooserbat]

Turkey

[Big Jeremy]

I thought the hypothetical part was a "hit list" turkey...

I'm shooting the turkey every time. But the similar situations I've had have ended up with both getting away. Dog bumps bird, both flee unscathed.


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[crow]

Gobbler

[Dtrkyman]

Both!


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[Sixes]

100 percent, I'm shooting the turkey.


But, I have shot coyotes that came in while working a bird on a couple of occasions. I had one bird fired gobbling on the roost and lightly calling to him when a yote came in to investigate. I killed the coyote and the bird went silent.

Still worth killing it.

I've also shot hogs on turkey hunts

[joey46]

 For sure.

[Dr Juice]

Gobbler first and then the Coyote if he remains in shooting distance to experience the same fate.