So it seems I have been going about it right. He is the first shooter, which we both know. I'll let him go then I'll bat clean up. After he shoots his, that funny business is over and it's solo time.

I’m going to tell on myself. I’ve always pretty much been a loner turkey hunting but I started hunting with N2Deer a lot and we pulled off doubles 11 times flawlessly. With that said I’ve blown the last three double opportunities and each time was my fault. I’ve took a lot of grief about those too lol.

1. N2 and I heard a bird gobbling one morning off the edge of a field. While we were fooling with him 5 Longbeards came out of the swamp in front of us. The plan was to do the ol 1,2,3 and bang flop two of them. I started counting and it’s go time 1,2........... Brandon whispers “Wait”. I don’t really know what’s going on but I’m sitting there on code red with a bead on wattles and then I hear him say “Ok, Go”. In his mind that meant start counting, in mine it meant start shooting. I killed my bird and the other 4 got out. He was a good sport about it despite the flub up. While we were sitting there talking about what to do next the bird we originally heard gobbled and he said he was going after him. I sat tight and he had him dead within 5 minutes. It was a stud too so I didn’t feel too bad for him.

2. Bowhunter84 and I are in Nebraska and are on three longbeards. I’ve got mine dead to rights and his keeps going in behind this brushy tree. I get down on my bead and start 1,2........ and I hear him say “No wait....... ok Go!”. I hear the G word and I start shooting. Suffice to say I was the only one to carry a bird out that morning.


Now those had extenuating circumstances and I might be absolved of at least some of the blame (maybe 95% me lol), but this last one was all me.

3. Last season Bowhunter84 and I roosted some birds in a pasture. We didn’t know exactly where they were but we could get somewhat close. We set up before daylight and wait. Like clockwork they fly down about 80 yards to our right. They start walking across the pasture and the lead bird is on a mission to be somewhere. His two buddies were bringing up the rear and they kept angling towards the deke we had put out. They got about 55 yards from us and stopped. They kept looking back at the bird who was 300 yards away and steady waking. I whispered to Darryl....... “55 and that’s as close as they are going to get”. He said “Count it down”. I knocked the safety off and started 1,2......... BOOM! Dang, I shot on 2. Darryl shot a few seconds after I did and his bird fell. My bird walked off. I didn’t feel so bad about it because he got his bird but I definitely messed that one up.

Years ago I was helping and young man bag his first bird. Two came in. He was seated on my left. I told him to take the one on the left and I'd shoot the one on the right. As the birds were working their was to us I could him breathing hard and dang near hear his heart pounding. I told him I'd count down 3, 2, 1. And shoot on 1.
The birds swapped sides and I took aim at the one on the right. I ask is he was ready and he nodded yes. I wispered 3... then BOOM..
He blasted the one I was aiming at. Was gonna try to get on the other one but he got up and was running to shot bird in my shooting lane. Had to hold fire. Bout the time I stood up to shoot the other he flew off. I just laughed. When I ask him.. he said I shot the one that WAS on the left.


Still laugh about that

LOL..BC..you and I have a lot in common. We shoot FIRST. You know the saying..bird in the hand. Old ATL Bravos will tell you..I DO NOT let em get away. Someone better get to shooting...

( Mental note to self...do not hunt with BC or M Brock...or if you do..shoot on 2..... )

You know how you read on here that rule # 1 is don’t spook the turkey. That’s not my #1 rule.

BC’s rule # 1

Never let a dead turkey walk off.

^^^
This is the aldeer like button.

Just be sure you aint sitting within 10 feet to side of your partner with a ported choke.

I've had better luck with a first shooter killing, then either killing the second if they stick around or calling the second back with fighting purrs. The whole 1, 2, 3 counting thing is always a cluster and I've only pulled it off successfully once. Somebody always shoots on 2 or folks think it's 1, 2 ,3, shoot, or shoot on 3. I don't hunt much with other folks though. Plenty can go wrong with 1 person, and having 2 makes it 100% more likely

Try it with 2 8 yr olds. Its always exciting and I have been amazed how much we can get away with

Ears still ringing? 😆

The Shooter shoots and the other guy cleans up. Only way to do it

I may have seen this happen.

when i hunt with someone else, which is regular, ill tell em, first person that can kill him, kill him. If theres more than one bird, well kill them too! lmao

demonstrated:

Awesome video!

I’ve had as many stick around and fight the dead bird as have flown off

We give them more credit than they often deserve

Good times. It happens. Messed up several with other people too.
I won’t forget thinking “what the hell?”

It did feel good to bust that other bird though. Real good. Really couldn’t have been more than 5 minutes.

1. Sit as close together as possible.
2. Speak in a very low voice. (Not a whisper). A monotone low key voice.
3. 3....2....1....boom.

I’ve done that numerous times with turkeys and all sorts of big game critters with both buddies and 2x1 clients while
Guiding.