I'de always be ready to run after that first shot if it was a long one so if that bird did regain his composure and get up from floppingI could get close enough to hammer him a good one
Heres a pic of my 1st tom ever, he went down on a forty yard shot so I stood over him having a celebratory smoke waiting for him to die, after I put the smoke out 5min later he got up and tried to run away, as you can see a 5yrd shot gives em a jelly head.
