Turkey gonna turkey

[darealdeal]

Got home from work today and 4:40 I get a picture from my camera a Tom is just out doing his thing. Figured I could sneak out there. I make it out to the blind I have set up to take my kids which is about 275 yards from where the turkey is and luckily he is still there doing his thing. I sit down and not 5 seconds goes by and a hen walks right in front of the blind within 3 feet. So I wait. I can see him working the field edge towards me so I just sit. Soon he disappears into the tall grass and I figured he was still just walking around the edge following that hens path. Well he did not. He pops back up in the grass at around 300 yards and was strutting. So I decided to try and army crawl. Grass is tall enough to just hide in and I get within 80 yards of him and he crest a hill so I waited just another minute and got up and made my way to the wood line and when I went to get back down and crawl to close the gap to the hill he just walked over wellllll he was about 60 yards away looking right at me so I let one fly and missed. Once I let one go he jumps in the air and I chased after it. Got within 30 yards of him when I stop to try and shot it again and it disappeared into the woods. Moral of the story if I had just stayed down and gotten to the hill instead of going to the wood line and standing up would have been a better chance….. Good times tho and got to watch the bird strut for a minute.

[Calibogue]

This post is textbook everything wrong with turkey hunting today.

[usrgce]

This post is textbook everything wrong with turkey hunting today.

That is putting it very nicely.

[FULLCHOKE]

I stopped reading your post after you saw a turkey on your game cam and decided to hunt it.

I don’t know why this isn’t illegal.

[BRR]

Heaven help us, the fact that you aren't ashamed of multiple factors in this story is saddening and tells the turkeys are screwed. What kind of grown man shoots turkeys from a blind number one. Two when the turkey won you risked crippling him, and three even he had won you were still in hot pursuit. The whole premise of seeing him on cell cam and trying to go execute him is plain disgusting. Have at any point have ever tried sitting by a tree and tried calling one to proper shotgun range?

[Sasha and Abby]

damn

[Gourmet Gobbler]

I’m not sure I would have shared that “encounter”

[darealdeal]

I’m not sure I would have shared that “encounter”

Sites been a little slow just trying to do my part!

[darealdeal]

So the blind is there for my 62 year old paw in law that’s had 2 hip surgeries and my 2 kids n wife like to go and watch so from time to time we go and sit and watch.
I do not normally hunt from a blind unless I am with my kids/wife or paw in law.
The photo provided is the bird I got last year opening afternoon after walking 6 miles on a tract of WMA and called 2 in. If you would like I can provide the map I used to follow my tracts and marks for proof if needed.
The cell cameras between myself and my neighbors have been very helpful since we have started to communicate about when we should stop hunting with the addition of trapping the last few years the turkey numbers around here have taken off pretty well. I myself have only harvest 1 bird out of this property on the past 4 years due to the number my neighbors around me have taken before I get out here to hunt because I always give my paw in law 2 weeks to hunt before I start out here.
I chased to make sure the bird wasn’t wounded and could put another round if need be. After getting some water I then went back and spent 45 minutes looking around checking for blood and texted my neighbors to let them know as well. Bird was not harmed.

You are correct the bird did win but the amount of time and effort I have but into the property my butt wasn’t just sitting still and watching him walk off. Lots of things I could have done differently but glad I missed clean.

[BRR]

So the blind is there for my 62 year old paw in law that’s had 2 hip surgeries and my 2 kids n wife like to go and watch so from time to time we go and sit and watch.
I do not normally hunt from a blind unless I am with my kids/wife or paw in law.
The photo provided is the bird I got last year opening afternoon after walking 6 miles on a tract of WMA and called 2 in. If you would like I can provide the map I used to follow my tracts and marks for proof if needed.
The cell cameras between myself and my neighbors have been very helpful since we have started to communicate about when we should stop hunting with the addition of trapping the last few years the turkey numbers around here have taken off pretty well. I myself have only harvest 1 bird out of this property on the past 4 years due to the number my neighbors around me have taken before I get out here to hunt because I always give my paw in law 2 weeks to hunt before I start out here.
I chased to make sure the bird wasn’t wounded and could put another round if need be. After getting some water I then went back and spent 45 minutes looking around checking for blood and texted my neighbors to let them know as well. Bird was not harmed.

You are correct the bird did win but the amount of time and effort I have but into the property my butt wasn’t just sitting still and watching him walk off. Lots of things I could have done differently but glad I missed clean.

So what you saying is if a man is is a good father and husband it's OK for him to get cheat every now and again because he's so good and has earned it........OK got it, people will rationalize anything anymore

[youngun15]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[TheVisorGuy]

Exhibit A

[CAJUN LAB]

Fine Job!

[darealdeal]

Yeah cuz seeing a turkey on a camera and strange is one and the same. Guess I have to turn in my hard card and go back tho my hunters ethics class in which cameras wasn’t covered.

[FULLCHOKE]

Honest question and I’m not trying to pile on.

Do you think it’s ethical to see a turkey on camera, get your stuff and go hunt him on a day that you otherwise weren’t going to hunt?

[jevans]

Honest question and I’m not trying to pile on.

Do you think it’s ethical to see a turkey on camera, get your stuff and go hunt him on a day that you otherwise weren’t going to hunt?

I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a a tool to give an advantage. I don’t see where it’s that different than anything else the turkey world sells. Chokes, red dots, tss, and whatever else there is.
I’m pretty sure every single one of the people posting in this thread has done some dumb shit when it comes to trying to kill one. I know I have.

[Carolina Counsel]

I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a a tool to give an advantage. I don’t see where it’s that different than anything else the turkey world sells. Chokes, red dots, tss, and whatever else there is.
I’m pretty sure every single one of the people posting in this thread has done some dumb shit when it comes to trying to kill one. I know I have.

I'm not going to pile on the OP, but why do you equate a cell trail cam with "chokes, red dots, tss"? Seriously asking. To me, all the choke, red dot, and tss do is help me make a good, clean, ethical shot when I get the bird under 40 yards. The cell cam . . . not so much.

[jevans]

I'm not going to pile on the OP, but why do you equate a cell trail cam with "chokes, red dots, tss"? Seriously asking. To me, all the choke, red dot, and tss do is help me make a good, clean, ethical shot when I get the bird under 40 yards. The cell cam . . . not so much.

All I’m saying is the OP is using a a camera to his advantage. The red dot, tss/choke combo you shoot gives you what you think is an advantage of a clean kill, when in reality you don’t need any of it for a clean kill under 40 yards. The OP used his camera as a scouting tool. I don’t see anything wrong with that either

[jcoker]

I'm not going to pile on the OP, but why do you equate a cell trail cam with "chokes, red dots, tss"? Seriously asking. To me, all the choke, red dot, and tss do is help me make a good, clean, ethical shot when I get the bird under 40 yards. The cell cam . . . not so much.

So when you use the advantages, you justify it by saying it helps with a clean kill? Got it.

[Carolina Counsel]

So when you use the advantages, you justify it by saying it helps with a clean kill? Got it.

Correct. I'm glad you got it, which suggests that I laid it out clearly for you, which is what I do for a living. What else would a choke, red dot, and TSS be used for other than a clean kill?