A debate
I had something I wanted to run by y'all to see where everyone stands on this. First, I do not take a turkey that's been shot for granted, but I have seen a few dead ones and I do trust my judgement to determine if further action is needed (follow up shot).
I shot a bird standing on a ridge above me last week. He was a big bird and the one I was looking for. When I shot the bird flipped off of the back side, which was a steep down to a little grassy spot (probably 10' below the top of the ridge). Because I could no longer see the bird I hurried to the top. When I reached the top the bird was right below me maybe 10 yards away. He was lying in a grassy spot with his wings spread about 3/4 of the way out and his fan about half spread. His head was up but not straight up. Bottom line is that I wasn't the least bit worried. Had he even considered standing I could have easily shot again, and I felt 100% in control of the situation. Well, he also felt the same way. I looked down to figure out the best way to him, he sprung like a damn pheasant, flapped twice, and sailed off of that damn mountain keeping enough shit between us to save his ass. Made me absolutely sick.
It was a hot topic of discussion in our house up there, and in this case I clearly made the wrong call. How many of yall err on the cautious side? What's your rule on shooting again?
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