Some great stories, especially the drive thru coyote!
I learned a valuable lesson myself about turkeys about 15 years ago. I had just bought a Mossberg 835 and had shot a nice gobbler with a 3 1/2" load of 6's. He dropped like a rock and never twitched. It was my second turkey ever and I thought the new shotgun was a death ray to have dropped the bird with no flopping.
I walked up to the turkey and grabbed it by a leg to pick it up, at which point it went berserk, flapping and flopping like you would imagine a 20 lb bird can do. I held on for dear life, not wanting my trophy gobbler to get away. Dust and leaf litter were flying around and getting in my eyes.
Nearly blind and pretty scared, I finally tackled the turkey and held it down until I could wring its neck.
The valuable lesson I learned that day is if the turkey's eyes are closed, he ain't dead! Same goes for furry critters too.
