7mm mag 06
Senior Member
say if u shot and missed at a turkey will he remember that for a while and not come to that spot and how long might it take for them to come back to that area?? thanks
Simply missing one and having the bird only hear the shot won't get you in much trouble. He only knows that he heard a loud noise like thunder after a close lightening strike. Chances are he's heard that before.
What will stress the bird out would be if he identified the noise with a predator. If he sees or senses you during the shot process, he'll add that to his memory banks. If no connection to a predator was made, he'll likely forget the incident in a few days.
I had such an incident a few years ago. I missed a bird on the fourth day I'd been hunting him, but he never made the human connection with the sound of the shot. I let him alone for five days and killed him within 50 yards of where I'd missed him. On that day he gobbled at least 50 times coming to the gun, and it was the same bird. His distinctive gobble was unmistakable.