Two Birds With One "Stone"

[CaptainMal]

You are allowed two bearded turkeys in Florida. Had to say that as some might not understand. Got out hours before dawn today. Been tough to get anywhere because of family health issues. Had until maybe 10 AM and had to get back home. Left all my camo at my hunting camp in Georgia and have not been able to get back there since early November. Got an idea to make a blind.

Just north of Tampa, I arrived at my private hunting area way before dawn. Set out a decoy, made a blind out of a stand and fought hoards of mosquitoes. Dawn and wind, little rain, no sounds. Needing to be home by 11 am. I figured only a couple hours but by 8 AM and nothing, that was getting close. Calling got no answer and then silently, two jakes flew down right on the decoy.

Took some camera phone pictures and was not really interested. They poked and rubbed on that decoy and I got an idea. With weather closing in and my hunting time ending, I got an idea.

Cdo+%QxdS2q9FmSop2+HDw by Larry Malinoski, on Flickr

53 yards to these birds walking around the decoy. I expected something to walk by me to that decoy. Now it's out there a ways but my idea was full of #5's.
dnFDCdXYRuW4zPK3lgbUeQ by Larry Malinoski, on Flickr

Here they are after a single shot. My wife later counted 20 pellets in that decoy. I got everything gathered up and took things back to the truck. There were still two shells left in the shotgun and for some reason, I took it along to pick up the birds and the decoy. Make that bird???? Stood next to one bird and the decoy but the other was ... in the mouth of a coyote heading out about 50-60 yards away.

Next shell was #4 and that coyote got a load of it. He jumped high into the air, dropped my turkey and wobbled into the woods. I am sure he was hit hard and is done with his turkey stealing.

Put one bird back where it was and took a picture. Only 4 and 7" beards but it was two with one shot.
Ow7PurmbSYy7YLqgW2PmVw by Larry Malinoski, on Flickr

You ever do that?

 

[thekriebles]

I've had doubles and triples with flying birds, like many other hunters have had. But nope, never had any experience like yours above... thanks for sharing and congrats!! Best wishes on a full recovery for your family member.

 

[MrMajestic]

Nice Capt.! When lead was legit for waterfowl I loved my reloaded 2 3/4" 1 3/8 oz. of copper plated fives. I got a double one day on ducks with it and watched two turkeys killed with that load. Congrats again and if that yote lives I'll bet he learns.

 

[mikeinct]

Pretty Cool..Full dose of #5's...used to love those high brass loads in an old 16 ga..Mike in ct

 

[LongRangeLarry]

I got 2 deer with one shot with my .270 a few years back . Had a neck shot on a big doe. She dropped. Went to get her and saw another laying there. Through the neck of one in the head of the other. Filled my regular tag and bonus tag with one round.

Good shooting on the turkeys congrats.

 

[Tommie]

Went duck hunting one time in my life. One shot, two mallards, day over. Just as well. It’s a cold and miserable way to hunt.

 

[snert]

Late Uncle shot 2 with one 20 ga 3 inch in Pa years ago. Kept that empty in his gun cabinet,a nd listening to the story was the toll paid to open the gun case and fondle the model 42 410 he later gave me for my 12th birthday. Still have it and hte 20 ga empty.

Great story. Too bad the yote got away.

 

[CaptainMal]

That coyote did not get away.

First thing is I do not keep or deal with their carcasses. Probably killed a good 20 the last few years, both in Florida and Georgia. I have no interest in their hides. Never skinned out anything like that. Have no clue or interest in doing that, caring for the hide and finding someone to actually buy the darn stuff. I just blow holes in them and hope they make it to the woods. Otherwise, I drag them into the woods.

When that load of #4's hit that thing, it leaped straight up and down. The yo yo 'yote. I paid attention to the turkey it dropped. Did see the 'yote wobble sideways after it landed. Distance to the woods was maybe 10 yards or less. It made it that far, I think. Never looked. Didn't care. Don't care. I grabbed that turkey and never looked back.

Guessing the buzzards got it.

Two years ago I used a muzzleloader to kill a bobcat in Georgia. Shot straight through, that thing went maybe 30 yards before done. I have killed about 5 of them the past 10 years in Georgia. Seen some here but so far have not gotten a shot. Twice I cut off that tiny tail. Gave one to a granddaughter who probably threw it away. Think the other one is here somewhere. Like the coyote tail I kept from last year, more junk on a top shelf.

The best part of the hunt is the hunt and a shot, if there is one. That experience is far more valuable than all the TV watching of hunting shows so many waste time on. After something is harvested (politically correct version of kill) the misery starts. Dragging, transporting, cleaning, butchering, packing, icing, preserving, preparation, cooking, and expense all come next. Few are pleasant. Better and cheaper to just buy a meal. It's the experience that's priceless.

I sure remember lots and lots of hunting adventures the past 60+ years of my serious hunting life. Even remember seeing a bb I shot at a pheasant I flushed. I can still see that bb go right up it's butt. That was maybe when I was 5 years old and before first grade - probably 68-69 years ago. Hardly ever remember a TV show or what I ate last week.

That pheasant. First real kill I ever made. Mommy cooked it up and guessing I ate some of it. Don't remember.

 

[1shot]

Got a double with a 10 1/2" 454 Casull pistol a lot of years ago. 7 does walked into my tree stand area, so I picked out the biggest one and dropped the hammer. To my surprise two of them folded up, both chest pass throughs with a 300 gr. factory flat point at about 40 yards.
Lloyd

 

[nmkid]

Nice shooting! Many years ago I got my moniker...John2crows. Yep, 2 crows with one shot

 

[M741]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

 

[perry42]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

Always a naysayer.

perry42

 

[CaptainMal]

Old friend of mine, still alive too, shot a buck near my Pa. camp. That buck was part of a group of deer. When he shot behind the shoulder with his 30-06, a small doe was not even directly behind the buck. It was off to the rear. Well that bullet went through the buck, deflected to the rear and nailed that doe.

He was/is a righteous man. Cleaned the doe, hauled it back to camp with the buck, contacted the game commission. Two officers came out and were miserable. They scolded him, took the doe and later fined him maybe $100. That was a lot of money back in the 1970's. He was and is still contented that he did the right thing. I agree but those officers sure were abusive as I viewed it back then.

Sometimes things just happen. Experienced hunters who have been involved in many hunts, know the best of plans and intentions don't always work out in reality. For those who's experience comes mostly from books and tv, failure to understand reality is understandable.

Like the Uber car that killed the lady in Arizona, it's near impossible to program in all things that might come up. Making blanket statements to cover all scenarios and happenstances is the same thing.

Another aside is I did a shotgun pattern and impact point for three of my shotguns just a month ago. Noted the size of the patterns, density with different shells and impact points. Had a few hours to use up and thought that would be a valuable way to spend the time. Done at 40 yards, the results were on my mind when I decided to try that two-fer shot using one of those I tested.

Pulled it off with a careful aim and precise trigger release, just like doing a good rifle shot. I needed to have that pattern just right. Had the information and experience to pull it off. Poor decoy got nailed too. We eat some in a couple hours. Hoping it tastes like the bird and not the decoy.

 

[nmkid]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

For your information, in my case...I was in the White Mts. in California at the time. We were shooting marmots. Our shooting had attracted several crows of which were flying and landing around us. As I was getting ready to shoot at a marmot I caught a flicker at the edge of my scope. I moved the scope slightly and there were 2 crows landing on a rock. They landed squared up perfectly. I shot and got both with the one shot. So there, stick that in your pipe and smoke it!!

 

[spife7980]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

Agreed on the accidental part. Accidentally shooting two things at once sounds like you dont know how to shoot just one thing and fucked up.

Intentional Im all for, I try to line multiple pigs up whenever possible to get a twofer. I try to shoot two doves with one shot. Never deer though.

 

[CaptainMal]

Struggling with my memory on this but seem to think I did it three times with groundhogs. Set it up two of the times and sure remember one because of the time to set it up.

Prairie dogs are another place where doubles are common. I never set that up but did that at least twice on my trips out West. It's stuff like this that makes the ordinary extraordinary.

 

[LongRangeLarry]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

What if you make a bad shot and wound one that you ARE trying to shoot?
What if you make a good shot but out clots up and you can't trail it.
What if my aunt had a penis? Would she be my uncle?
When hunting stuff like that happens . If you kill 2 for 1 great. Better than wounding one. Why sh@t on this guy. If you don't agree with it just move to another thread. It's that easy.

 

[M741]

What if you make a bad shot and wound one that you ARE trying to shoot?
What if you make a good shot but out clots up and you can't trail it.
What if my aunt had a penis? Would she be my uncle?
When hunting stuff like that happens . If you kill 2 for 1 great. Better than wounding one. Why sh@t on this guy. If you don't agree with it just move to another thread. It's that easy.

I'm not saying anything against having the skill and/or luck to shoot 2 animals with one shot when it's intentional.

Those are very different than taking a shot without knowing what is behind your target and accidentally hitting another animal/person/structure.

I disagree with any hunter taking a shot not knowing what is in their intended line of fire. All hunters should be responsible and be away of where their bullets can go. What if you shot at a deer not looking to see that there was another hunter in bright orange safety gear on the other side? As a responsible hunter it's important to know your target and the range of your weapon.

 

[1shot]

It's one thing to intentionally shoot 2 with one shot, but, and maybe it's me, I don't see why folks would be posting/bragging about accidentally shooting 2 animals with one shot due to them not knowing what their target is and what is behind it. That comes across as irresponsible hunting. What if you only wounded the 2nd animal and it was able to walk away?

I will also assume that this was directed to me as well.
I am am ethical life long hunter that is blessed with my own farm that I have hunted for over 50 years.
I was in a tree stand about 20' up, so I definitely had a clear back stop. The group of deer came in slowly and I had plenty of time to decide no only was I going to shoot, but which one. I have no idea how the smaller doe wound up behind the larger one, but it did. The upside to this is that being a land owner I donated the meat from the smaller animal to a needy family as I try and do every year. Bear in mind that this was done with a single action revolver with iron sights, so it was hardly a rushed shot, or a semi-auto spray and pray situation.
If you hunt often enough and long enough, sooner or later something like this will happen.
Rant off,

Lloyd

 

[1shot]

I'm not saying anything against having the skill and/or luck to shoot 2 animals with one shot when it's intentional.

Those are very different than taking a shot without knowing what is behind your target and accidentally hitting another animal/person/structure.

I disagree with any hunter taking a shot not knowing what is in their intended line of fire. All hunters should be responsible and be away of where their bullets can go. What if you shot at a deer not looking to see that there was another hunter in bright orange safety gear on the other side? As a responsible hunter it's important to know your target and the range of your weapon.

M741,
To build on LongRangeLarry's analogy, you can "what if" this until the cows come home. (If rabbits had guns, dogs wouldn't chase them).
I assume that everyone knows all the fine details about a situation, a common trait among human beings. Yep, guilty as charged.
That being said I will try and paint a clearer picture for you.
1. Knowing what is behind the target.
A. After doing a head count of the deer, in my mind at the time the trigger was pulled, MILES of earth.
(downward angle)
I made a math error, yup . Charge me and include and call the family that got to eat real meat, rather than hot dogs once a week for a witness.
2. Other hunters in bright orange? Seriously??
A. My property, (almost 300 acres) is landlocked on all four sides by MILES of other posted property. The nearest road is about a mile out other than my frontage. (Across the road is posted as well) This property is 3rd generation "don't even think about asking to hunt, let alone trespassing".
3. Range of the weapon?
A. Totally dependent on the angle of departure of the projectile. (see #1)
I hope this made the big picture a little more clear for you. If not, we will agree to disagree and leave events in the past, where they belong.
Respectfully,
Lloyd