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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4605860" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I think it happens more often than you think.</p><p>In the instances it does, how would you know?</p><p></p><p>Just to be clear, </p><p>I doubt it happens more than 5% of the time that a hen is hit when a gobbler is shot at.</p><p>But if for every 20 gobblers that get shot at, there is a hen taking a pellet,</p><p>that becomes significant.</p><p></p><p>Most who are accomplished turkey hunters take great pains <em>NOT</em> to accidentally hit another bird near their targeted bird. But based on what I've observed and heard from many hunters, there is collateral damage, more often than some seem to think. Sometimes it's seen, sometimes we're unaware what was sitting on the ground 50 yards behind the bird we target.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't get into the statewide "harvest" data.</p><p></p><p>Of course, collateral damage has always been a factor, it is nothing new.</p><p>What's different today compared to 20 years ago is that our turkey limit has gone from 2 to 4 birds,</p><p>and our turkey shells are much more lethal at extended ranges, with that contributing to hunters taking much longer shots,</p><p>where they are much more likely to hit something they didn't see.</p><p></p><p>May be, this is just one more little piece to the big puzzle of our declining turkey populations?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4605860, member: 1409"] I think it happens more often than you think. In the instances it does, how would you know? Just to be clear, I doubt it happens more than 5% of the time that a hen is hit when a gobbler is shot at. But if for every 20 gobblers that get shot at, there is a hen taking a pellet, that becomes significant. Most who are accomplished turkey hunters take great pains [i]NOT[/i] to accidentally hit another bird near their targeted bird. But based on what I've observed and heard from many hunters, there is collateral damage, more often than some seem to think. Sometimes it's seen, sometimes we're unaware what was sitting on the ground 50 yards behind the bird we target. This doesn't get into the statewide "harvest" data. Of course, collateral damage has always been a factor, it is nothing new. What's different today compared to 20 years ago is that our turkey limit has gone from 2 to 4 birds, and our turkey shells are much more lethal at extended ranges, with that contributing to hunters taking much longer shots, where they are much more likely to hit something they didn't see. May be, this is just one more little piece to the big puzzle of our declining turkey populations? [/QUOTE]
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