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Why do turkey hunters miss/wound their gobbler?
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<blockquote data-quote="Urban_Hunter" data-source="post: 5294265" data-attributes="member: 12353"><p>I like to think I am experienced enough that over excitement doesn't play much of a role for me having done this for 25 years now, but last year made a fool of me. Say what you will, but I use the crutch of a strutting Jake and hen. I was perched on a knoll 18 yards away and had made my sequence of calls for the morning and had decided it was time to move, but my daughter who was along with me had fallen asleep so I decided to give it a while longer and come up with a plan. Looked back at my decoys and one Tom was flogging it and the other was looking right at me. As I lifted my gun the one took off and the other stood tall…. I whiffed. Reflex, I pumped one and folded him 5' in the air, then had to give him another. Straight embarrassed myself.</p><p></p><p>I have a scope with a diamond reticle… you've convinced me to put it back on my trusty 835. Took it off one time to use on a dove hunt when my 1100 was down and never put it back on</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Hunter, post: 5294265, member: 12353"] I like to think I am experienced enough that over excitement doesn’t play much of a role for me having done this for 25 years now, but last year made a fool of me. Say what you will, but I use the crutch of a strutting Jake and hen. I was perched on a knoll 18 yards away and had made my sequence of calls for the morning and had decided it was time to move, but my daughter who was along with me had fallen asleep so I decided to give it a while longer and come up with a plan. Looked back at my decoys and one Tom was flogging it and the other was looking right at me. As I lifted my gun the one took off and the other stood tall…. I whiffed. Reflex, I pumped one and folded him 5’ in the air, then had to give him another. Straight embarrassed myself. I have a scope with a diamond reticle… you’ve convinced me to put it back on my trusty 835. Took it off one time to use on a dove hunt when my 1100 was down and never put it back on [/QUOTE]
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