Nothing like ending your season by wounding a gobbler. I’m sick sick sick. I walked up on him strutting in a road about 100 yards in front of me. I bailed off in the pines and closed the gap. While I was slipping through the pines he gobbled and I got set up. I called to him and he gobbled, and then gobbled on his own. Within a minute I saw him strut into the pines, set his wings and start walking straight to me. I pulled the trigger and he backflipped. Fan sprawled out and then inexplicably he got his feet under him and managed to get out of my sight. I had a buddy and his son help me look for him and we never even found a feather. I’ve lost 2 over my years turkey hunting but I’ve never been more surprised to see one get up. I wish I could say it was a clean miss but I don’t see how. I don’t know? No blood, no feather, no sign.
Matt that hurts me reading…been there done that…no worse feeling… keep the head up brotha! You will get him next time! Turkeys are resilient so fingers crossed he will be just fine. I’d check your gun though to see how it’s shooting to hopefully prevent it happening again if it is off.
