6th trip this season. finally had a bird gobbling at me. his march up the hill to me was rudely interrupted by a pair of shotgun blasts about 150 yards below my set-up. oh well...the weather was beautiful.
Grandpa said turkey hunters get shot too much by idiots
I meant here there were mishaps of hunters shooting other hunters whom were calling in birds......no clear target ...no shooty was not being observed
wish you were here for a spring season, Herman. sitting in the woods burning a bowl, hearing the world waking up, cardinals and crows sounding off, waiting for the first tom to sound off up on his roost branch. makes the hair on my neck stand up when they gobble. makes a man feel alive...
everyone kills every day. every single person. there are religious extremists in India that refuse to get off of their mats & walk for fear of stepping on some lower life form. but they still inhale & kill tiny insects etc... all life on this planet depends on something else dying to support it whether they kill it themselves or not. vegetarians are responsible for the deaths of shitloads of insects/small mammals from the crops being sprayed or harvested, the ground being plowed, whatever. death is the one great constant, the gorilla in the room nobody wants to acknowledge or make eye contact with...Yes, that sounds good! But, than I only make pictures. In reality I can´t kill anything living.
i can still remember every deer/turkey/bird i shot that escaped to die later, or thrashed around until i got a better hit & ended it. any moral person would. this is just one reason that any ethical hunter practices shooting, and stays familiar with whatever weapon you choose to hunt with. i've stopped hunting deer with a firearm for the most part. getting into my self-imposed range limit with my bow keeps me from taking long range "attempts" like you see on some "hunting" videos. if i can get inside of my range (15 yards or less) the chance of a bad hit are greatly reduced. damn difficult to get there...I try to shoot an animal and don´t make a good lethal hit, for the rest of my life, I would feel bad about the suffering animal.
This is the worst feeling ever. I've been practicing before every deer season and it still happens here n there either to me or folks hunting with me...i can still remember every deer/turkey/bird i shot that escaped to die later, or thrashed around until i got a better hit & ended it. any moral person would.
if it doesn't bother you, you are not much of a human being. i drive more carefully now as well; don't want to hit/hurt something/someone. a humane hunter will seriously evaluate the distance/circumstances where he/she will shoot at a quarry, regardless of weapon. honestly facing your limitations...This is the worst feeling ever. I've been practicing before every deer season and it still happens here n there either to me or folks hunting with me...