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The decoy was a hen, I saw him aiming before he shot and when he shot. it was one *@^*#@ feeling.
Give you the story, I had went out turkey hunting on property I had permission to hunt on, I was there before daylight, first morning of Spring gobbler season. I've always try to find a tree to sheld my back and to break up any outline of my camo figure from the approaching turkey, I set up my decoy approx. 20 yards in front of me off to the right slightly. I had made a few calls and a gobbler was coming in, just below the ridge. When the gobbler spooked and flew, I knew I hadn't spooked him.That when I heard someone calling behind me. I set still, I figure he would leave(about 20 yards behind me) 20 yards to my decoy, total 40 yard shot. After about 5 minutes didn't hear anymore calling, I thought maybe he had gone (other hunter) I sit up and looked behind me over my right shoulder, and saw the gun up and pointed in my direction, it didn't take me long to sit back against the tree and melt into it. I thought "He's going to shoot!He's going to shoot! And BOOM, he shot. I sat still, he walked by me, I could have reached out with my gun barrel and touched him, but
I figured ( right now I don't want to make any moves or startle him, because he still has a gun in his hands, I figured, when he got to the decoy he would know SOMEONE had put it there and was close, when he got to the decoy, I pulled my face mask off and then I yelled DID YOU HIT HIM ? That's only thing I could think of saying. As I said before I could have bought him for a nickel.
Excuse, he saw it was a hen but he thouht it was sick, and he was going to put it out of it's misery. ( I've been hunting 46,47, some odd years, and I've never seen a sick turkey in the woods.
He was an elderly gentleman and is now deceased, but I know he made me age a few years that spring morning !
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