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Post by Woody Williams on Jan 27, 2018 7:10:59 GMT -5
As I understand it the shooter was in behind the turkey hunters and shot at their decoy which was out in front of the turkey hunters and the film crew. The shooter used a .243 (which I assume is legal in that state) to shoot at the decoy, but the bullet struck a fence post first and then struck the turkey hunter. The shooting occurred at 11:06.. skip to there for just the shooting What do you all think could have prevented this from happening? youtu.be/19r1mgM1vpw |
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Post by featherduster on Jan 27, 2018 8:03:22 GMT -5
Scary.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 27, 2018 8:22:02 GMT -5
I remember watching that right after it happened. Scary indeed.
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Post by genesis273 on Feb 12, 2018 23:36:51 GMT -5
Whoa! What a bad deal that was. Happened fast too
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Post by wv on Feb 17, 2018 0:41:55 GMT -5
I was shot in the face and head when I was 17 years old fella snuck in on me and my grand father who was below me we was short standing a gobbler we roosted the day before anyways fella snuck in and blasted me knocked me out cold and I couldn’t see clear for three days , since then I’ve been against rifles in our state for turkeys I was lucky and blesssd to made it with a 12 gauge at 22 yards if it would of been a rifle it would of been over , if ya can’t call him in what is the use that’s the fun of the game I won’t shoot a bird unless he’s called in I Love the challenge
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Post by buckone1 on Feb 21, 2018 16:07:08 GMT -5
Some people think they are the only people in the woods.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 21, 2018 16:44:01 GMT -5
Some people think they are the only people in the woods. Yep.. John Trout Jr. (a good friend and hunting buddy of mine that passed on just a couple years ago) was shot in Missouri by a turkey hunter who said he had hunted turkeys for 30 years. That is long enough to know better.. John was set up off a fire lane and was working a bird. John was an excellent caller and a very patient hunter. He had the bird coming in doing double and sometimes triple gobbles.. IOW – he was hot. John heard something in the leaves behind him, but he figured it was another gobbler sneaking in silent mouthed. John knew better than to turn around and try to look. The bird John was working finally showed himself and it went behind a tree John moved his gun to get ready to shoot when the bird came out from behind the tree. BOOM! The other hunter cut down on John. Fortunately John was caught by the edge of the Pattern and ended up with 17 pellets in his back and shoulder. The other hunter had heard the gobbler and was trying to sneak in on him to shoot him. The shooter said he saw John’s gun barrel and thought it was the turkey’s neck and head and shot. Never mind only bearded birds are legal in Missouri and he certainly did not see a beard. Yes, sneaking up on or stalking birds can be dangerous in many ways. |
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