2nd and 3rd bird I killed were with one shot. Think I was 14 at the time. I was so excited I didn’t think about the law until my dad mentioned it on the drive home. At the time I thought it was worth serving time for the crime.

I’d guess that for every 20 turkeys killed, there’s 1 accidental turkey death, be it hen, gobbler, or Jake. Some of that is excitement but even if everything’s well executed accidents happen. I’d bet the majority of the time the Hunter didn’t know about the second birds existence until it started flopping. It may be as high as 10-1 for newbies.