Closest Shot?

[Kylongspur88]

Bout 8 steps. Way too close. Blew the top of the head off.

[mnbeardbuster]

My son closed the deal on his first bird at 7 steps.  Very small window of opportunity.

[ncturkey]

9 feet.

[maustypsu]

In the past three seasons I have taken three birds inside of 20 feet.  

The closest one I watched come 400+ yards across a field to within 5 feet of me.  You can't tell me they don't know exactly what tree that hen is standing by from a distance!!!  I think he finally saw me blink.  He still didn't know what it was because he just bobbed his head, didn't find the hen and turned to walk off.  I tried let him walk further but then had to take him based on the terrain.

Another I had to shoot close because if he got further to my right he would have been behind a tree and could have walked that field edge without me ever getting another shot.  The third caught me off guard.  I had a pair of birds come to my footsteps thinking I was the hen that just left the field.  They both came to the edge of the field in full strut.  I knew it was the only shot I was going to get thru the vegetation and it was a safe and clean one.  I do like to see how close I can get them and then let them get a little further away but if I can make the shot, I take the shot.

No holes in the meat and no suffering for the bird - that's all that matters.

[paintbrush]

Shot one 5 or 6 years back out in SD at about 10 ft or so. Only thing holding his head on was a little flap of skin where his neck use to be. Like hitting him with a slug.

[TRKYHTR]

I killed one with a stick. How close is that? Oh you said shot. I don't know but it didn't take but a few steps to get to him.

TRKYHTR

[Ol'Mossy]

20 yards

[Spring Creek Calls]

8 paces in a heavy fog, Black Hills S. Dakota.

[harvester]

11 steps. I think the 3 1/2 mag was a little over kill that close.

[VaTuRkStOmPeR]

3 yards.

[DMP]

15 ft

[hobbes]

8 steps

[boomer]

4 steps

[30_06]

A couple of inches off the gun barrel...so roughly 3 feet. Came in behind me stepped over my leg and bit the bullet.

[Kywoodsman]

About 10 yards this last spring. He topped the hill and walked between my blind an my decoy and that was all she wrote.