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Post by danf on Apr 26, 2009 9:56:17 GMT -5
Shooting left-handed (I'm a righty), around the corner of the blind, with a scoped shotgun gives you an end result of this:   It hurts to say the least- I'm sitting here typing one-handed, holding an ice pack on my forehead with the other hand... This was the first year I tried the scope and it will be the last!!! I'm glad I used the beads and not the cross-hairs. I've got a feeling if I'd been using the scope I would have done some serious damage. |
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Post by bomonster on Apr 26, 2009 10:17:14 GMT -5
looks painful, hope it starts to feel better. but at least you got the bird. congrats
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Post by Decatur on Apr 26, 2009 10:51:40 GMT -5
Congrats!....on the bird, not the "scope head". ;d
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Post by HuntMeister on Apr 26, 2009 10:58:09 GMT -5
OUCH!!
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Post by drs on Apr 26, 2009 11:08:56 GMT -5
Shooting left-handed (I'm a righty), around the corner of the blind, with a scoped shotgun gives you an end result of this: It hurts to say the least- I'm sitting here typing one-handed, holding an ice pack on my forehead with the other hand... This was the first year I tried the scope and it will be the last!!! I'm glad I used the beads and not the cross-hairs. I've got a feeling if I'd been using the scope I would have done some serious damage. Sorry to hear of your accident with your scope. I have a "Shotgun"scope on my 20 gauge Browning, for the slug barrel. On the regular barrel; I have just the front-sight bead. |
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Post by bbarth on Apr 26, 2009 11:10:01 GMT -5
Nice! At least you got the bird! Congrats!!
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Post by quackingtim on Apr 26, 2009 12:24:42 GMT -5
That bird went out fighting. I bet the other turkeys got a good laugh. Congrats on the bird.
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Post by danf on Apr 26, 2009 13:52:18 GMT -5
Now that I can type with both hands...............  We went out yesterday and had two different groups come in but they never saw the decoys so they stayed out of range. With the wind it didn't seem like they wanted to venture out into the "open" woods- they wanted to stay in the honeysuckle cover.... We scouted out a spot for a blind today and proceeded with the plan this morning. I got the blind set up this morning while dad cleared brush out of the way of any potential shot opportunities. In the blind we went to wait. Had one gobbling to the west near where we had set up yesterday. Go figure.  It wasn't long before we heard a gobble from the north. We were trying to work the one to the west, but weren't having any luck as there was a fence he didn't want to cross. It didn't take the ones from the north very long to close the distance. I had just handed Dad my slate call and told him to "sweet talk" the one to the west when I peaked out the corner of the blind to the north and saw turkeys! Told Dad to wait....  I knew the two turkeys were jakes, but I'm so short on time for the season I was going to take any male turkey that showed itself. The shot was somewhat of a contortion act- straight out the window and around to the right while aiming with the left eye- something I have not done with a scattergun! I don't know how close he was, no more than 25 yards though. Put the beads together on his head and pulled the trigger. I knew at the shot that he was down and I also knew the scope hit me.....  Told Dad that the scope got me, he looked over and said "You're bleeding". By the time I got my hat and facemask off the blood was running down my nose. Needless to say, the scope will be coming off and it will NOT be going back on!! |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2009 14:07:09 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300] OUCH!![/glow] Let me get this straight.... that "scope bite" is pretty high up.. You have a scope on your gun, but you used the beads? Is this a see through mount? Yes, they can get you in trouble as you get your eye/head too close. My guess if you had used the scope you would not have put your eye that close.. All my hunting tools are scoped (no see through mounts).... never been "bit"... uh...yet. Congratulations on your well earned bird. |
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Post by danf on Apr 26, 2009 16:38:43 GMT -5
Yes, it's a "see-through" mount. I've got the scope mounted as far forward as I possibly can, but it's still not far enough, even for proper eye relief. Since the bird was so close and I was shooting from an angle and way that I was not used to, I elected to use the beads instead of chancing a complete miss with the scope. I'm reasonably sure that had I used the scope I still would have been hit. However I probably would not have been hit nearly as hard. This isn't the first time that scope has gotten me, but it's the first time it's drawn blood. It used to be my deer gun, but has since fallen by the wayside for better options. |
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Post by tickman1961 on Apr 27, 2009 8:48:18 GMT -5
Congratulations on both your trophies....getting scoped is part of hunting, the angle of shot and the intense concentration to hit the target leads to both results.....
Been using the wooden box call with good results but limited time afield has kept me from getting my tom as of yet..
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Post by 10point on Apr 27, 2009 9:38:01 GMT -5
Congrats! Looks painful.
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Post by dadfsr on Apr 27, 2009 10:22:52 GMT -5
Congratulations on both your trophies....getting scoped is part of hunting, the angle of shot and the intense concentration to hit the target leads to both results..... Been using the wooden box call with good results but limited time afield has kept me from getting my tom as of yet.. You mean "The ****"  I love that call ;D OOPPSS just looked at my post and saw it got bleeped-didn't think it was that bad....if anyone wants to know my name for it PM me. |
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Post by tickman1961 on Apr 27, 2009 10:48:38 GMT -5
I know exactly what you said......LOL
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 27, 2009 13:07:06 GMT -5
lol, thanks for sharing. Our site is that much better when we can laugh at ourselves.
At least you got the bird!
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I love that call ;D