Missjudged range, TOM still on the ground thanks to LB_XR!!!

[vpsalin]

My first time hunting with a scope on my shotgun and when a TOM entered my area I was very exited. I wasn't even able to spot his beard because a fallen tree was blocking my view  , but I cranked the zoom on the scope as high as it goes, all the way to 5x, and by the look of the TOM's head I was able to confirm that it was indeed a male.

In all the excitement, It didn't even enter my mind to estimate his range, I just placed the crosshair on his head and pulled the trigger. He looked 'close' through the scope lollllllll.

Well after the shot I get up and run to 40yards in front of me. To my surprise no bird is in sight, I start getting worried...did I miss??? No bird flopping noises anywhere either. I keep moving forward and extra 20 yards slowly and after a tense 30 seconds of searching I finally spot him. He never even flopped around BANG DEAD dropped right there. He had multiple hits to the head (3-4), 1 to the beak, and multiple hits to the neck. He was bleeding from everywhere.

I went back to the same spot the next day to hunt again for tag#2 and to laser verify the range of the shot. 67yards!!! Just as the publicity advertises! Incredible this long beard ammo.

I don't recommend shooting birds this far, but the LB_#5 was able to compensate for the my misjudgement of range. Very forgiving ammo this is!

Leason learned from 2014 season = use a scope
Leason learned from 2015 season = use LB and respect #5 size lead shot...wowwwwwwwww

On a side note; there's lots of talk about turkey scopes, but the one I use, Bushnell Legend HD 1.75-5 never gets mentionned. It's affordable around 200$, designed for shotguns, uses ED prime glass and it's crystal clear. I would put it up against a leupold any day! Give it a try if you can.

[yelpaholic]

 

[gobblerman87]

Awesome glad you got one that ammo is definately awesome have heard hits up to 70 yard with that longbeard xr

[snapper1982]

X2 not to mention the not verifying of a beard. I don't know what state you are in but most states require a bearded bird don't they? Even a tom sometimes is missing his beard. Not saying yours don't have a beard but if you don't verify and it has no beard then you could end up with a fine.   

[WV TURKEY THUG]

congrts glad you got him we all make a mistake every now and then.

[g8rvet]

You misjudged 67 yards?  How far did you think it was?  55?   

[silvestris]

You were only 22 yards short of the world record 89 yard (measured) kill by Ralph Winger from Columbia, Missouri.

[vpsalin]

lol 89 yards, using what shell? Tungsten?

[IowaGobblers]

 
This is not going to last long.  Just a question, are you in any way affiliated with Winchester? 15 yards is quite a misjudgment let alone almost double that,  27 yards is a large misjudgement of distance. I'm glad it turned out the way it did for you.

[WildTigerTrout]

Invest in a rangefinder!

[BowBendr]

I thought we didn't speak of this on OG......


Sent by this stupid phone

[Spitten and drummen]

I thought we didn't speak of this on OG......


Sent by this stupid phone

I did too! 

[stinkpickle]

You misjudged 67 yards?  How far did you think it was?  55?   

I shoot all my birds at 40 yards...give or take 30 yards.   

[BABS9]

If you misjudge that bad you probably shouldn't be turkey hunting....

[Cutt]

Didn't understand the reason for the original post? As most do no advocate long shots to begin with, but a long shot that was mis ranged would be acceptable?