Okay, I will admit I missed (twice this weekend) I have had good luck in the past but these two misses were very simular. I had two different toms stick their heads up over a rise on a hill to look for the hen and both times I missed. What is your stratigie for aiming/shooting birds that only stick their head over the hill to look? I was able to see from waddle up.
Are you using a straight bead or red dot/scope? I use a Fast FireIII and wherever that red dot is my shot follows. More misses are caused from not having your head down the barrel. I also shoot #9s TSS, so that helps ;D
Williams Firesights on an 870 with IC tube did this to a 10 yard gobbler this past Saturday that I could only see the head and a part of the neck.
Wow is all I can say
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If I can see from the waddles up, I aim in the center of the neck always. With the way my gun is patterned, it covers from the head to the waddles and I don't think it will matter if they are peaking over a hill or around a tree etc.... Did you try to re-sight your gun to make sure it's still on? Maybe something has loosened or if you use a red dot maybe it's lost its zero... Good luck next time....
Quote from: wisconsinteacher on May 05, 2014, 04:45:23 PM
What is your stratigie for aiming/shooting birds that only stick their head over the hill to look? I was able to see from waddle up.
Had that happen a couple times this Season so far, I simply don't shoot. In PA you must see a beard to shoot, not sure about other States? And I want to see a longbeard before shooting, Because I don't want to end up shooting a jake, can be fustrating, but I pass on these shots.
My first bird of the season this year did just that but all i could see was his head. I give a lot of credit to me havin a red dot on my gun. Quick target acquisition and very precise. Also, with a red dot when aiming you can see your entire target not just whats above your open sights. And when they play peek-a-boo up over a rise and all you can see is their head it definitely helps when you can see your entire target.
I always aim where neck meets feathers
One miss was with a red dot one was with open sights. I was shocked more than anything when it happened. I was relaxed and ready for the bird both times. I just need to practice aiming lower when/if it happens again.
Here in Mississippi,jakes are a no no,so I don't shoot.