I have called 2 or more birds in at once on multiple occasions. Usually due to lack of planning, if I'm hunting with a buddy, we don't have a plan and usually only have time for one of us to shoot.

The obvious plan going into a hunt is to say, you get the one on the right, and I'll get the one on the left (or visa versa).

Just curious what others have done to maximize efficiency in doubling up with little movement communication that might scare the turkeys before the shot?

Leave the buddy at home, come back tomorrow and kill the other one.

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Brilliant! Unusual for a Glockoholic, but that's incredible wisdom right there.

I think that the 1,2,3 method doesn't seem to work as well as making sure at least one guy has the perfect shot. 1,2,3 only works if both birds stick their heads up at the same time. 1/2 the time the other bird isn't going to fly off anyway. So, be ready and make sure shooter #1 takes the shot he wants.

Most of the time I don't want to be close enough to the shooter that I would have that option anyway. Limits my movement and activity if a bird wants to be stubborn.

Shoot on three. Shoot the turkey on your side. We’ve had to cross them up a few times due to obstructions. You can whisper to each other and get a plan.....if it’s a pair we are sitting close together. My buddy and I have doubled 20+ times and tripled 5-6 times. Communication and hunt with someone who is efficient

I thought you outlaws just line them up and let the TSS do it's thing.

Sit right beside each other so you can whisper and countdown if you're dealing with field/food plot turkeys. If you're in the woods, pick out who is the shooter and let him shoot when he can. The only chance for a double comes via clean-up after the initial shot. Try to do a countdown in the woods and you'll go home with zero turkeys way too often. Screw that crap.

blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while

You are absolutely right. I just always hunt in timber. The countdown is probably a lot more effective in the open.

we TALK in low voices. A turkey doesnt understand english.

I say" I have the one on the right..you take the left bird..on 3...1 , 2, BOOM!"

And then after the shot..."Oh..you thought Id say 3 and shoot? i meant shoot at 3...well, at least I got mine...lol."

This. I have no friends when it comes to turkey hunting

I cringe when I see two get killed together...not saying I wouldn’t do it every time if I was hunting with a friend, but I typically don’t hunt with other people

Shoot on report...anybody i hunt with knows that...and we treat it like theres gonna be two everytime..barrels up..left kills left...right kills right...you snooze..you lose....an i dont hunt with snoozer losers

Also.....dont look at my bird....you look at yours..if hes struttin..man shootin first knows to killeem as soon as man callin can knockeem outa strut...party fowl on strut strut shootin..ive dunit in a moment of weakness...when birds are in open and in killable range with their head up...both dudes or dudettes better be eyes down the barrel ready to mash a head...its a quick read on the stuation..good luck.

In all seriousness, the couple of times I've hunted with someone else, we decided in advance who the primary shooter was....draw straws, flip a coin, whatever. Mostly so that if there was only one bird, we both knew who's bird it was. If after the shooter shoots, there's an opportunity for the other dude to shoot at another bird, then so be it......but trying to coordinate a simultaneous double just sounds like a recipe for disaster.........and I haven't killed near enough that I'm willing to risk going home empty-handed just so my buddy can get one too. I'm a selfish turkey hunter. If I'm the primary shooter in this situation, then after I get mine we can worry about you getting yours

Always shoot ON 3. Not after.

It works well in the open. If done anywhere but in the open it can be a disaster. Whoever has a shot at bird #1 better capitalize. I’m done arguing over who shoots. Never happen again.

I wouldn’t typically hunt with another person, but when it’s the landowner where I primarily hunt, it’s pretty beneficial!

I’ve got a buddy who I’ve doubled with quite a few times. We understand each other. Let the birds work in close, then the primary shooter pulls the trigger and the secondary shooter mops up. Counting to 3 is a good way to go home empty handed.

This. ^^^^

We shoot on report and everyone I hunt with knows which bird is on their side...the one they should be shooting at. I have doubled lots of times and never spoke a word.