It didn’t make sense to me – how in the world could I have shot so well earlier in the year, only to seemingly lose that ability a few weeks later? In hindsight, my problem was simple – I did not continue shooting the bow into the season.
I was interrupted, however, with a shout from my fishing partner. Turning around quickly, I saw him reeling in a nice bass out of the green brush pile into which he had thrown his soft-plastic worm.
A minute or so later, a twig snapped in the bottom. The deer was moving closer along the trail, it seemed. My heart pounded with excitement, for I knew the deer was approaching fast, yet I still could not see it.
Although it may seem a waste of time, experimenting with different brands or kinds of ammo can change that gun that earlier was shooting two-inch groups to a tack-driver.
Brain shots definitely do have their advantages — if you do place the shot in the brain, it will immediately kill the squirrel, and it does not tear up the meat. But, in my opinion, harvesting a squirrel immediately most of the time does not outweigh the benefits of harvesting a squirrel quickly all of the time.
Because I understood that a turkey’s eyesight was exceptional, I was aware that movement should be kept to a minimum to avoid spooking the birds. However, what I didn’t understand was that there comes to a time when a hunter must run the risk of spooking the birds to get a shot.
My mind reeled. Now, I was faced with a different situation than what I had anticipated; and there were far more variables in this one. I had to think fast, or risk losing the gobbler.
