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In conjunction with the longest #1310600 03/27/15 02:05 AM 03/27/15 02:05 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 7,595 Moss Creek Gotcha1 OP Bright Eyes
Gotcha1 OP Bright Eyes Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 7,595 Moss Creek	shot thread, how many have missed birds at these distances? I guess you know what I'm driving at. Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310604 03/27/15 02:15 AM 03/27/15 02:15 AM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 14,980 Clanton Turkey_neck Booner
Turkey_neck Booner Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 14,980 Clanton	Hell I've missed them at 20 Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310605 03/27/15 02:16 AM 03/27/15 02:16 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,283 Montgomery / Luverne crenshawco Booner
crenshawco Booner Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,283 Montgomery / Luverne	I don't think that I have missed a bird because it was too far. I've missed a handful that were too close and some I've missed for reasons that are unknown to me, but it wasn't because it was too far. I see what you're getting at, and it's a good point to be made to hunters who don't take the time to pattern their guns. If you spend some time patterning and know the limitations of your gun, these longer shots can be very lethal and reliable with modern equipment.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310622 03/27/15 02:31 AM 03/27/15 02:31 AM
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ridgestalker Booner R Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 10,265 North Jackson	I've talked to several people this year coming out of the mtns that told me they had missed. I talked to one guy shooting a 3.5 12 ga that said he had missed 4. I wonder how many of these birds end up dying later. I'm sure it's rarely a clean miss. I would imagine many pellets end up in the body. I killed a bird on Skyline years ago that had 7 copper plated pellets embedded in his legs. "The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310628 03/27/15 02:38 AM 03/27/15 02:38 AM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 741 crockrj 4 point
crockrj 4 point Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 741	I missed a couple with my SBE2 (Texas & Bama) but this was before I understood the importance of the right shell/choke combo and patterning. I had 2 gobs pop out one morning and wouldn't budge. Thought they were 45-50 range and missed. Stepped it off and they were over 65 steps.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310647 03/27/15 03:07 AM 03/27/15 03:07 AM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 19 Mobile, AL S SCOOP spike
SCOOP spike S Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 19 Mobile, AL	Hell I called one up for a buddy that missed a bird in full strut at 6 steps

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310649 03/27/15 03:09 AM 03/27/15 03:09 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 7,595 Moss Creek Gotcha1 OP Bright Eyes
Gotcha1 OP Bright Eyes Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 7,595 Moss Creek	Let's go with a long shot here. Heck, I missed one at 9 yards. I could already see his head explode before I pulled the trigger. Matt Brock wears knock-off Crocs.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310662 03/27/15 03:19 AM 03/27/15 03:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 8,507 A Atoler 14 point
Atoler 14 point A Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 8,507	If you truly miss a bird at a long distance you are an awful shot..... Heck, I'd think most guns at 65+ yards are throwing 4' patterns or more.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310682 03/27/15 03:48 AM 03/27/15 03:48 AM
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blade 12 point B Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,544	I'm way more prone to miss one close. I rarely take a shot over 45 or so. I have but would rather not.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Atoler] #1310835 03/27/15 06:46 AM 03/27/15 06:46 AM
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gobbler 12 point Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 5,255 South Alabama	Originally Posted by Atoler If you truly miss a bird at a long distance you are an awful shot..... Heck, I'd think most guns at 65+ yards are throwing 4' patterns or more. Long shots are rarely a miss - nearly impossible with a 4-6' pattern. Long shots where they run or fly away are cripples and calling them a miss is used to make the shooter feel better about wounding a bird. It is easy to truly miss at close ranges! I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: gobbler] #1310839 03/27/15 06:47 AM 03/27/15 06:47 AM
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crenshawco Booner Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,283 Montgomery / Luverne	Originally Posted by gobbler Originally Posted by Atoler If you truly miss a bird at a long distance you are an awful shot..... Heck, I'd think most guns at 65+ yards are throwing 4' patterns or more. Long shots are rarely a miss - nearly impossible with a 4-6' pattern. Long shots where they run or fly away are cripples and calling them a miss is used to make the shooter feel better about wounding a bird. It is easy to truly miss at close ranges! Shooting across fences like that will get you punched in the nose too.

Re: In conjunction with the longest [Re: Gotcha1] #1310848 03/27/15 06:51 AM 03/27/15 06:51 AM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,312 Lamar Co, AL BamaGuitarDude 12 point
BamaGuitarDude 12 point Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,312 Lamar Co, AL	My most painful miss was at 20 steps; had called in 2 gobblers, all the way across a 40 acre pasture, right in front of my jake decoy & pull the trigger on my old Mossberg 835 and it went CLICK and that was the end of that hunt... The firing pin hit the primer, but the shell didn't fire. Still sore about that "miss". The strutter was a dang nice bird. BGD ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.