WHEN YOU MISS

[wcgobbler]

Just curious, but when/if you miss a gobbler on your home place where no one else hunts, do you go back after him:

a few days later?
the next day?
call from same spot?
call from different spot?

[Fullfan]

Give him a few hours and get back after em.

[Gobble!]

i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.

[tha bugman]

I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.

[BrowningGuy88]

I generally give him the day off if I missed in Friday and the week off of on Saturday.

I've killed about 75% of the misses the next morning.




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[KYFrid]

i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.

Ha. Same here.



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[tomstopper]

i normally cuss, cry, then go back after him.

^^^This

[tha bugman]

use of explict language is allowed during times of remembrance...I don't care how Christian you are. 

I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.

[Greg Massey]

I just want to dig a hole and cry...But one good thing is he's still out in those woods somewhere and i get to hunt him another day...Most of the time i give him a couple days off before going after him again.. A great turkey hunter told me ALWAYS have a plan B for turkey hunting or a backup plan...

[silvestris]

It is situational.  Did I touch him?  Did he see me?  Was he alone?  If he was not alone, did they scatter?

I missed a gobbler with a hen one afternoon.  He went north, she went south.  He did not see me.  I sat for 30 minutes and went to examine the spot where he was standing at the shot; no blood, no feathers.  I knew he wanted to get back with the hen so I determined to wait one hour from the shot to call.  He gobbled before the hour was up and I moved 100 yards in his direction and set up.  He completely circled me in a 45 minute timespan and made the decision to take a ride in my truck.

Had I found blood or feathers, I would have spent time looking for his corpse.  Had he been alone and untouched, I would have gone home or to another spot.  Since he was with a hen, untouched and separated from the hen at the shot, it was an easy decision.

[2eagles]

Really? He's the only bird in your woods? I have missed and this is what I've done. Take a nap. Get back to hunting. Him or any other Tom I see / hear.

[fallhnt]

I never miss.

[Dr Juice]

I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.

X2

[wvmntnhick]

I never miss. 

Actually, I just try and give the bird some time to regain his wits then I do the same. If the property is large enough, I'll check back on him before I leave. If not, he gets a pass for the remainder of the day.

[Marc]

I puke.... walk back to the truck and cuss him and myself for the rest of my life.

I had a couple of such mishaps and they all go back a few years.  I remember all of them with a certain vile regret.

I have never killed a bird that I have missed, or even bumped (i.e. spooked).  Though I had a pair of toms come in once and killed one...  Killed his buddy about 3 days later...  Waited for the second bird to run off on his own after the first one was shot.