The miss

[oldfarmsblueman]

I saw a dark spot about 100 yds. to my right.I never herd
anything.It took a min. to realize it was a BIG bird .I started
calling and it could care less .After 4-5 min. it disappeared.
I was hoping it was coming closer.It appeared again in the
same spot.Finley he started walking to me.VERY slow,he
came into an open area and just looked at my blind and
decoys.All the time he was scratching and preening his
feathers.Didn't seem to have a care in the world.He moved
20 yards and just stood there preening.I am going NUTS ;D.
TO far no I can make the shot-No to far no I can .Its 50 yds
no its 45 I can hit him he has not moved in 10 min.OK its 45
no its 40.I hold on 40 and shoot .Arrow go's between his
legs and scares the crap out of him.Jumps about 10 feet and
looks around .Turns and slowly walks away.I paced it and
it was closer to 50 than 40.I found my arrow and it had one
little piece of fuzzy leg feather stuck to it ;D.Close only counts
in horse shoes and hand grenades. ;D.I might be asking for a
range finder for my birthday. ::)This bird was big but I never
saw a beard.He was puffed up the whole time like I have never
seen.He was not in love and strutting very strange

[BT]

Too bad, you have made up for that miss since the post though

[Buckshot06]

I love my range finder and like American express I never leave home with out it .
To bad on the miss but two turkeys two times out is simply great.

[SPIKER]

Horse shoes and hand grenades... ;D

I haven't heard that one in a long time. ;D

"Close, But No Cigar", might be another one you might use.

Range finders are the way to go with longer shots, you can pick one up for about 150 bucks.

[nkybuck]

A rangefinder is a must in my pack I have three of them any time I take someone hunting I make sure they have one.Not knowing the range is probably the #1 reason for not recovering game. It adds alot of confidence to your game to not have to guess.