spring turkey, MISSED SHOT!

crateslinger · 05-11-2005, 02:11 PM

I called him in for half an hour, then waited for his head to come between all that pennsylvania brush, he saw me, he squawked and turned, and I missed...

Who can tell me, can I go back the the same hillside and talk turkey to the same bird again? Maybe use a different call?

Dale · 05-11-2005, 03:06 PM

crateslinger, I hunted Pennsylvania gobblers for a few years before moving out and turkeys have the fear memory retention of a slug (in otherwords, they are one of the stupidest animals God ever put on earth...still not sure why Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as our national bird...perhaps it had to do with all the venereal diseases he had).

If you sit still long enough....and get good results from sound changes....you can call them back in.

BTW...you ARE using a .22 LR or .22 Hornet for clean head shots?

LOL

Good hunting to you...send me a smoked leg.

crateslinger · 05-11-2005, 05:32 PM

I'm sittin' with a 12 gauge and this bird was dumb as can be to think I was a pretty polly. I was squawking like an old bicycle, and he kept comin'. He did see me though, at last. He did. I was aiming right at his head when he saw me, and I was full camo down. The brush though. The brush. Not a clean shot. Maybe my glasses reflected through the netting of my head bag but the sun was behind me, so I don't think so. He just recognized that the tree had changed and didn't like it, so he started clucking and running.

Glad to hear it's worth goin back for the horny !!!!!!!.

-d-

you think a .22 is the way to go?

05-11-2005, 02:11 PM	#1
crateslinger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10	spring turkey, MISSED SHOT! I called him in for half an hour, then waited for his head to come between all that pennsylvania brush, he saw me, he squawked and turned, and I missed... Who can tell me, can I go back the the same hillside and talk turkey to the same bird again? Maybe use a different call?

05-11-2005, 03:06 PM	#2
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	crateslinger, I hunted Pennsylvania gobblers for a few years before moving out and turkeys have the fear memory retention of a slug (in otherwords, they are one of the stupidest animals God ever put on earth...still not sure why Ben Franklin wanted the turkey as our national bird...perhaps it had to do with all the venereal diseases he had). If you sit still long enough....and get good results from sound changes....you can call them back in. BTW...you ARE using a .22 LR or .22 Hornet for clean head shots? LOL Good hunting to you...send me a smoked leg. __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

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05-11-2005, 05:32 PM	#3
crateslinger Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10	I'm sittin' with a 12 gauge and this bird was dumb as can be to think I was a pretty polly. I was squawking like an old bicycle, and he kept comin'. He did see me though, at last. He did. I was aiming right at his head when he saw me, and I was full camo down. The brush though. The brush. Not a clean shot. Maybe my glasses reflected through the netting of my head bag but the sun was behind me, so I don't think so. He just recognized that the tree had changed and didn't like it, so he started clucking and running. Glad to hear it's worth goin back for the horny !!!!!!!. -d- you think a .22 is the way to go?