Closest turkey kill?

[Marc]

I have had a couple at 10 yards or so...  You shoot them that close, and their heads are pretty much vaporized.  They still flop...

I had one that came in behind me (crossing a creek), and I was on a large tree...  As he went behind the tree, I turned around (facing the bird and the tree) and he walked right under my gun barrel (I would have had to back up to shoot him).

My net gloves got caught in the trigger, and while trying to reposition my finger, the gun discharged (with the bird right under the barrel)...  It obviously rang the birds bell, and completely disoriented him momentarily, and he stumbled away from me...  He got a few yards out, and I shot him before he regained his composure.

The incident was a wake-up call to me as far as gun safety...  I was in my twenties, and cannot think of having an accidental discharge before that.  I realized I should have immediately taken the safety off once my finger was caught...  And I also realized I need to put safety before the harvest of a bird.

This season while taking my youngest out on the opener, three jakes came right to the edge of our leaf-net ground
blind (withing touching distance) and gobbled their heads off...  I had put my daughter down on a plush jacket for a nap while waiting for daylight, and tried to stir her to see the action...  She slept right through it, even with those birds litterally gobbling in our faces.

One of the birds was trying to poke his head up to peek over the blind to find that hen...  I am guessing if I had reached over and grabbed him, my little one would have woken up in a hurry with an angry jake in the blind with us...

[hotspur]

5 steps

[Turkeyman]

Tom with hen got behind me. I got the gun up pointing to my left and called them back. When he reached the bead I shot. Three feet from the end of the barrel.

[DROCK]

My first turkey hunt ever, at 12 years old, decided I wasn't set up in good spot but wanted to look around before I got up and moved. The gobbler was right behind me! I slowly turned and shot him as he was walking away at 10 yards. That was 19 years ago and still my most memorable turkey hunt.

[davisd9]

3-5 steps, no blind.

[Yoder409]

10-11 yards in spring.   8 feet in fall.

No blind.

[bobk]

9 paces.


No blind

[captpete]

My closest was about 7-8 yds.
  One time I pulled the trigger on a Tom that was at about 15yd with a Jake standing with in arms reach of me looking at the Tom. I had the gun up waiting for the Tom to come out from behind a tree when the Jake came walking in from behind me. When the Tom came out all I had to do was put the bead on his head and shoot. That poor Jake just about turned inside out trying to get the heck out of there when the gun went off.

[saltysenior]

2 times at 5 yards.......amazing how close they will come when you are asleep

[WiLL B]

3ft from end of 30in barrel

[Kylongspur88]

7 or 8 steps. It wasn't pretty.

[Upfold99]

 Flew off the roost towards me and almost flew past me. He made a hard right bank in the air. Felt the breeze off him when he came over my right shoulder. Hit the ground exactly where my gun was pointed. He flopped a few times. When I picked him up he was 6 steps from the tree. My best bird to date.

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[Upfold99]

Flew off the roost towards me and almost flew past me. He made a hard right bank in the air. Felt the breeze off him when he came over my right shoulder. Hit the ground exactly where my gun was pointed. He flopped a few times. When I picked him up he was 6 steps from the tree. My best bird to date.

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This was several years ago

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[bigbird]

6 yds. It was my first bird

[DocHolliday]

12 ft. Foggy morning, tight spot. Thank God for a double barrel with an open choke!