How do you you guys decide who get's the first shot of the season when you are hunting with a buddy who is an "equal" to you, not a kid or first timer? When hunting with my dad we usually know who has more time to hunt and as a result the other gets the first trigger pull but this year I'll be starting out with a buddy and we have both killed birds and are in class together so our hunting time is identical. I've done rock-paper-scissors before but wondering if somebody had something more interesting.
BOOM !!!!!!! Sorry Bud. He was asking for it.
Last to shoot the previous season shoots second
I usually hunt solo so it doesn't come up. If i'm hunting with a buddy he shoots first, Doesn't really matter who it is.If the bird is on my side and he (buddy) doesn't have a shot I'll shoot.
I usually take my wife or little cousins so they always get to shoot first.
We set up parellel to each other and let the birds decide.
We usually have to fight over it - everyone is so polite that it ends up everyone wants the second shot...last year we were still arguing about it at 8:15 in the morning on opener while a tom was working his way in. He stood there beating on the decoy for a few minutes with neither of us in a hurry to end our Colorado season. As he was doing his deal 3 of his buddies came walking up to join the fun and we were both able to get a shot on 1.2.3.
If you both want first shot get creative. See who can chug a gallon of milk fastest. Eat the most cinnamon. Hold their breath the longest. Put the most pellets in the 10 from 40 yards. Fastest time in a mile run in full gear carrying your (unloaded) gun. Most push-ups in 60 seconds. Cut a deck of cards...
Rock Paper Scissors, or whoever shot the last bird of the prior season goes second.
No matter who I am hunting with/for, a kid, a first timer or a seasoned pro, I try to situate them in a postion I think will be most likely for a shot. However---if the turkey shows up unexpectedly "wrong" on my side, I tell whoever I am with before hand--"I'm shooting". To me , the disappointment for everybody is much greater when a turkey gets away versus someone not getting to shoot.
Quote from: redarrow on March 18, 2013, 09:37:46 AM
I usually hunt solo so it doesn't come up. If i'm hunting with a buddy he shoots first, Doesn't really matter who it is.If the bird is on my side and he (buddy) doesn't have a shot I'll shoot.
That's they way I do it with most everyone I hunt with.
I have a pretty simple philosophy. If you get a shot on a a long beard take it. If I get a shot on a long beard I will take it.
Normally I've hunted another state or two before I go with my father in may so he's up first. This season though his going to Florida this week so ill be up first when we can go together unless I killed one in va or nc then he'll be up first again. I really really want him to be up first again come may for the right reasons. ;D
Neither of us are battling for first shot, it's the case of both saying "you can have the first one." If they come in on a side its easy, if he comes right down the pipe we needed to know who is killing him. Hopefully we call in two and it won't be an issue haha
Quote from: chcltlabz on March 18, 2013, 10:17:34 AM
We set up parellel to each other and let the birds decide.
This
when I'm hunting with a partner we always let the bird/birds decide
Quote from: FANMAN on March 18, 2013, 09:29:14 AM
BOOM !!!!!!! Sorry Bud. He was asking for it.
Im with you. Whoever can pull the trigger the fastest.
We alternate on singles depending on who has the low kill count at that moment. If that person can't get a clear shot, the other gun has a green light to chop him down if the shot is presented. When that happens, there is no set "timeframe" for how long the bird is in range before the back-up gun is allowed to bark. It's an instinctual decision made on situational awareness.
If pairs or triples come in, it's always understood that the gun on the left and right shoot birds on their respective sides.
I really only hunt with my brother and there is no discussion in these circumstances. We both know exactly what the other is thinking.
I usually hunt solo until I kill a couple every year...exception being if I get an invite to their place that I know to be a good spot.
Either way I seem to be "lucky" when hunting with other people. We'll set up for them to shoot and that ol gobbler just seems to loop around them and give me the shot instead. Sometimes I'd rather be lucky than good I guess... :z-guntootsmiley:
Quote from: chcltlabz on March 18, 2013, 10:17:34 AM
We set up parellel to each other and let the birds decide.
Exactly if Im setting on the right and the bird comes out in front of us but to the left side he is my bird, if it comes out to front right he is my buddies bird. Just how we do it.
MINE!!! Unless I am hunting with a youngin.... The best time to kill a turkey is as soon as you see him, in range!!!
Quote from: Daman on March 18, 2013, 05:42:47 PM
I have a pretty simple philosophy. If you get a shot on a a long beard take it. If I get a shot on a long beard I will take it.
This is probably the best rule... I'd hate to miss out on an opportunity to kill one just because it's MY shot or HIS shot.
I tell my partner the same thing...if you get the chance to kill him then do it, but I'll be doing the same thing. I only hunt with a few folks I know well so we arent racing to "out gun" each other and arent going to take a risky shot just to beat the other guy to the draw.
The guys I hunt with have been hunting with me so long we don't have to wonder what the other will do or if they will race to shoot the bird. That is why I can have my when you get a shot take it philosophy.
If I take a newbie, I always let them shoot first and always tell them when to shoot. Then if another one hangs around I will clean up the double, but I play back-up firts and foremost!
If we are sittind side by side then it's right/right and left/left thing if he comes down the middle then who ever gets the 1st good shot. Usualy though someone is more than willing to call and sits up 20-40 yards behind the shooter.
Quote from: CASH on March 18, 2013, 09:29:56 AM
Last to shoot the previous season shoots second
agreed thats how me and my buddies decide
I usually hunt alone but when hunting with a buddy I guess it's whoever gets a shot first or who has a better shot at the bird... for example last spring me and a buddy called a bird out of the woods and we were sitting in a tree line in between two fields. He was facing the left field and I was facing the right. Well the bird came out of the woods into the left field so my buddy shot him. Worked out perfectly that time. Haven't got enough experience yet to decide who shoots when you are side by side and both ready to shoot the bird...
Our rule is first to get a good shot takes it.
How i do it is I let them pick the side they sit on .and here's my thing who ever side the turkey comes in on you get first crack now if theres 2 turkeys if we can both work it out same time . i :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: