Official I missed thread... 2015 Edition

wiltznucs · Post by **wiltznucs** » March 21st, 2015, 8:19 am

I'll start...

Gobbles on the roost. This ******* was drumming on the other side of a water filled ditch for 15 minutes. I could see him but couldn't get a clean shot. He finally flew over and landed directly to my left. As a lefty that's not where I wanted him. He was about to bug out so I turned and shot as fast as I could. No dice...

Sad face

Post by **CamoMan4025** » March 21st, 2015, 9:25 am

Let's just say you aren't the first and won't be the last. Hopefully you will get another shot at him!

Post by **redarrow** » March 21st, 2015, 9:29 am

Been there,done that. Sucks. Better luck next time.

appalachianassassin · March 21st, 2015, 10:34 am

hey man, that just means you get to hunt him again.

ICDEDTURKES · Post by **ICDEDTURKES** » March 21st, 2015, 1:26 pm

There is years I could have made this the longest thread in GN history.

bayou sportsman · Post by **bayou sportsman** » March 21st, 2015, 6:21 pm

Shoot at enough of them, you will miss. Don't let it get you down it happens to all of us.

KPcalls · Post by **KPcalls** » March 21st, 2015, 6:30 pm

I hope to stay off this thread....

sorry chad...

howl · Post by **howl** » March 21st, 2015, 6:37 pm

Coulda made an entry last year. As few as we have this year, I'm only taking sure shots.

turkey_slayer · Post by **turkey_slayer** » March 21st, 2015, 7:02 pm

ICDEDTURKES wrote:There is years I could have made this the longest thread in GN history.

Right with ya. I've missed more than some of my buddy's have killed. I need a o/u with one barrel that throws a 20" pattern at 5 yards

pedro · Post by **pedro** » March 21st, 2015, 7:49 pm

Sucks! Always seems to remember the bad ones.

dirtnap · Post by **dirtnap** » March 21st, 2015, 8:20 pm

I missed 4 in a row one year. 2 in one morning on 2 different setups. I never laugh or make fun of anyone that misses.

Spuriosity · Post by **Spuriosity** » March 22nd, 2015, 7:44 am

Lord knows, I've missed my share. A red dot helps that a lot.

killerstump · Post by **killerstump** » March 22nd, 2015, 8:07 am

I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol

turkey_slayer · Post by **turkey_slayer** » March 22nd, 2015, 11:57 am

killerstump wrote:I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol

Thousands? Lets see 1000/24 years = 41.6. Dang thats an average of over 1 a day and 32 over my tag limit

. You keep shooting and you will miss. Its the nature of the beast. Usually its to close, to far, to thick but sometimes you get one and your already filling out the tag before you pull the trigger cause theres no way you can miss yet the bird runs/flys off. Bad thing about misses is most arent clean misses unless hes in your lap.

Waddle Whacker · Post by **Waddle Whacker** » March 22nd, 2015, 12:04 pm

killerstump wrote:I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol

Careful. The turkey gods don't like that kinda talk. You may have just ensured yourself of a miss this year!

turkey_slayer · Post by **turkey_slayer** » March 22nd, 2015, 12:07 pm

Waddle Whacker wrote:
killerstump wrote:I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol
Careful. The turkey gods don't like that kinda talk. You may have just ensured yourself of a miss this year!

Hell hath no fury like a turkey god scorned

wbpc · Post by **wbpc** » March 22nd, 2015, 12:33 pm

Shot a sweet gum tree instead of my gobbler the other morning. Thought I was clear of it but obviously not. Sucks, but it is part of it. At least I did not cripple him. Also my 8 year old son got to shoot at his first yesterday morning and shot over him at 23 steps. It was a great hunt and I wish he would have got him but he was excited to just get the opportunity.

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killerstump · Post by **killerstump** » March 22nd, 2015, 12:57 pm

Waddle Whacker wrote:
killerstump wrote:I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol
Careful. The turkey gods don't like that kinda talk. You may have just ensured yourself of a miss this year!

lol the turkey gods are probably rolling around laughing cause They know that was a ball faced lie if I ever typed 1 lol I usually mid atleast 2 a year.

Waddle Whacker · Post by **Waddle Whacker** » March 22nd, 2015, 1:12 pm

killerstump wrote:
Waddle Whacker wrote:
killerstump wrote:I've never missed in my life killer has dusted thousands of turkeys. To bad you guys can't be like me.

Want me autograph now? Lol
Careful. The turkey gods don't like that kinda talk. You may have just ensured yourself of a miss this year!
lol the turkey gods are probably rolling around laughing cause They know that was a ball faced lie if I ever typed 1 lol I usually mid atleast 2 a year.

turkey_slayer · Post by **turkey_slayer** » March 22nd, 2015, 2:18 pm

wbpc wrote:Shot a sweet gum tree instead of my gobbler the other morning. Thought I was clear of it but obviously not. Sucks, but it is part of it. At least I did not cripple him. Also my 8 year old son got to shoot at his first yesterday morning and shot over him at 23 steps. It was a great hunt and I wish he would have got him but he was excited to just get the opportunity.

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That's just catch and release hunting

Cleveland48 · Post by **Cleveland48** » March 22nd, 2015, 6:36 pm

New to the forum here, so guess this is a good thread to jump in on. Missed on opening day this year in Ms. I new it was bad as soon as I pulled the trigger I know I pulled my face up off the stock as the shot broke. First one I'm missed in a couple years, I forgot how bad it hurts!

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customcutter · Post by **customcutter** » March 22nd, 2015, 9:12 pm

Yes, I missed twice Sat AM. I hadn't heard much or seen much all week, so I decided to take the new Stoeger 20ga instead of the Mossberg bantam 500 20ga. Yes, that's right the one with the POA/POI issue. I figured I needed a change of luck, and that I could just hold a little high if I was lucky enough to get a shot. No problem for an experienced turkey killer right. Not only did I miss, I missed twice. Full story in another thread to follow.

MKW · Post by **MKW** » March 22nd, 2015, 9:20 pm

Wow...y'all suck. I've killed slightly over 5600 turkeys and have yet to miss a single one! How in the world do you miss a turkey with a shotgun???

Yeah, right

......we all miss from time to time. I try to laugh it off, but it's hard sometimes.

killerstump · Post by **killerstump** » March 22nd, 2015, 9:23 pm

There are times it's beyond hard especially when he comes in on a string and you blow it. I seem to be known to do that

Reloader · Post by **Reloader** » March 23rd, 2015, 12:13 pm

It's certainly a bad feeling, but happens to everyone if you chase them long enough.

I missed a good tom last year. I battled with him for several days and finally got him to commit, but he circled, came in behind me, and busted really close. A couple days later I finally had him in close again and hit a dang vine in front of the gun! What really hurt is it took a couple more weeks to finally get on him again. I smacked him right upside the noggin on that encounter. Funny thing was he had old shot in him from years past. Guess he finally ran out of lives.

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