I don't know about you other turkey hunters, but at 45 yards I can identify a turkey. In Kansas, you are only allowed to shoot gobblers in the spring. And when I make a shot, it's a head and neck shot and I've identified a beard.
“After the initial shot, he saw what he thought was a turkey laying on the ground flailing around so he decided to shoot it again in an attempt to put it out of its misery. That’s when he realized that it was his friend because of the moaning,” Undersheriff Wolf explained."
Next time maybe he should get close enough not only to identify it but to ensure to put it out of it's misery instead of just wounding it again.
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Originally Posted by BunnyWabbit
And when I make a shot, it's a head and neck shot and I've identified a beard.
FYI - don't go turkey hunting with BW unless you have shaved off your beard.
I don't know about you other turkey hunters, but at 45 yards I can identify a turkey. In Kansas, you are only allowed to shoot gobblers in the spring. And when I make a shot, it's a head and neck shot and I've identified a beard.
Before I come to Kansas again to visit mom I'll be sure and shave my beard......
And what can I say about those two hunters? I dunno who the turkeys were in that scenario......
...and the (imaginary) 911 call went like this:
911: 911, what is your emergency?
Hunter: I think I just accidently shot my friend!
911: Are you sure he's been shot?
Hunter: Wait a second. (BLAM!) Yeah, now I'm sure!
There was another one here a few years back were two guys went hunting turkey. One shot one and put it in the back of his turkey vest in the pouch. His buddy saw the turkey in the pouch and shot and killed his friend. I guess I just don't get what is so hard about identifying your target before you shoot. That second shot was totally ridiculous.
Obviously he took the time to focus and aim... and he shot anyways. If I was out walking in the woods and some hunter shot me,... fine dumb ass accidents happen.
Then he obviously focused in and aimed a second time and shot again.
Screw that I would have started shooting back at that point.
(assuming that wasnt my friend that was doing the shooting)
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There was another one here a few years back were two guys went hunting turkey. One shot one and put it in the back of his turkey vest in the pouch. His buddy saw the turkey in the pouch and shot and killed his friend. I guess I just don't get what is so hard about identifying your target before you shoot. That second shot was totally ridiculous.
To be fair... most people these days seem to be nothing less than totally ridiculous.
...and the (imaginary) 911 call went like this:
911: 911, what is your emergency?
Hunter: I think I just accidently shot my friend!
911: Are you sure he's been shot?
Hunter: Wait a second. (BLAM!) Yeah, now I'm sure!
I thought it went:
Hunter: I accidentally shot my friend. I think he's dead. What should I do?
911: First, make sure he's dead.
From what the news said, the guy is alive and is being treated at a hospital in Topeka.
maybe its just me but from the story and the posts about it i gather the moral is "always make sure of your target and in any case use 3 1/2" #4 heavey shot"
Well, I'm giong to say it. When hunting season comes around, I see WHOLE families in town dressed in the latest camo patterns. And I think to myself, when I was in the service I wore camo to hide from the enemy. Thinking about it some more, it looks like an accident waiting to happen. I mean, what's the use of wearing camo if you're going to put a bright orange vest over top of it! So I figure these folks in $$$$$ amounts of camo aren't planning on wearing the vests! I tend to stay away from those kinds of folks when gun season opens, and I NEVER wear camo except when I'm on my own place ALONE! And everyone knows where my treestand is located, so anyone shooting at me will get the favor returned in spades! It just seems STUPID to make yourself invisible, when you have a bunch of trigger happy adrenalin loaded clowns stomping through the woods! I guess I'm either lucky or my system WORKS, because I've never been shot!! LOL!
This is why my buddy and I are on a hunting lease, with one other guy (the old man has the main lease and we 'sub-lease from him) who has one area he hunts (a big food plot) and we hunt the rest. 600 acres to ourselves, posted and locked from the rest of the world. I go to one stand, and Bob goes to another well out of shooting range. No worries of 'bubba' nailing one of us. No way would I hunt the public lands - too many rank idiots that shoot at sounds.
This makes for some expensive venison, but we don't worry about getting shot either.
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