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Why do turkey hunters miss/wound their gobbler?
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<blockquote data-quote="scn" data-source="post: 5294258" data-attributes="member: 1859"><p>So, how to we cut down on some of these issues?</p><p></p><p>Many years ago I was blessed to spend some days in a goose pit over in Cumberland City with Harold Knight and David Hale. They are two of the finest gentlemen I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. In between watching them "double-cluck" us in flights of geese, there was the opportunity to talk turkey hunting with them. Without a doubt, they were the folks that got me over the hump from being lucky to kill a bird to actually having a clue on how to play the game.</p><p></p><p>One of their business "duties" every spring was to take several of their corporate sponsors or outdoor writers turkey hunting. Many were pretty much new to the game. I remember Harold telling me how hard it was to get a bird within range of a lot of them. And then, when they missed, it really bummed out the day. He told me the spring before he had three straight hunters miss their bird. He attributed every one to #2 above with them lifting their heads to watch the bird fall.</p><p></p><p>After those misses, for the first time ever, he put a scope on his "client gun". It was a little low power scope with a circle and cross hair reticle. After scoping up the gun, he had not had a single miss on a bird. I thought at the time if it was important enough for Harold Knight to do, it probably would work for me as well. Even though I hadn't missed or wounded a bird, I figured it was only a matter of time. With the scope, every bird (minus one that ducked as I pulled the trigger) has been dead in his tracks. The bird I almost missed was killed as he flew and ended up about 20 yds away.</p><p></p><p>Thus, I am a major believer in some type of optical sight. Red dots work fine for a lot of folks. I am partial to a circle reticle. Once I center the gobbler's head in the circle, I know he is dead when I pull the trigger. But, any are better than just the simple bead on the muzzle unless you are past the point of getting excited at shooting a gobbler. I hope I NEVER reach that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scn, post: 5294258, member: 1859"] So, how to we cut down on some of these issues? Many years ago I was blessed to spend some days in a goose pit over in Cumberland City with Harold Knight and David Hale. They are two of the finest gentlemen I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. In between watching them "double-cluck" us in flights of geese, there was the opportunity to talk turkey hunting with them. Without a doubt, they were the folks that got me over the hump from being lucky to kill a bird to actually having a clue on how to play the game. One of their business "duties" every spring was to take several of their corporate sponsors or outdoor writers turkey hunting. Many were pretty much new to the game. I remember Harold telling me how hard it was to get a bird within range of a lot of them. And then, when they missed, it really bummed out the day. He told me the spring before he had three straight hunters miss their bird. He attributed every one to #2 above with them lifting their heads to watch the bird fall. After those misses, for the first time ever, he put a scope on his "client gun". It was a little low power scope with a circle and cross hair reticle. After scoping up the gun, he had not had a single miss on a bird. I thought at the time if it was important enough for Harold Knight to do, it probably would work for me as well. Even though I hadn't missed or wounded a bird, I figured it was only a matter of time. With the scope, every bird (minus one that ducked as I pulled the trigger) has been dead in his tracks. The bird I almost missed was killed as he flew and ended up about 20 yds away. Thus, I am a major believer in some type of optical sight. Red dots work fine for a lot of folks. I am partial to a circle reticle. Once I center the gobbler's head in the circle, I know he is dead when I pull the trigger. But, any are better than just the simple bead on the muzzle unless you are past the point of getting excited at shooting a gobbler. I hope I NEVER reach that point. [/QUOTE]
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