Strut and Rut,
I appreciate your attempt at characterizations. As for your list, I did not step on his neck as every other turkey I have killed has died within minutes and I thought this one would, too. As for going to get my truck, I prefer to ride back to my home rather than walk the 20 miles. As for luck, well, you may have finally hit on an accurate description. I was fortunate to have found the bird. As for knowing I shot the same bird the second time, it's pretty easy to tell when a bird has been shot and unable to fly after being previously hit, not to mention the fact that I had walked around and looked at the bird where he was initially shot and knew which bird I was dealing with. He was hit hard after the first shot and appeared to be dying when I walked away. Looking back on it, I should have stepped on his neck, but with the way he was hit, at time didn't think it was necessary. As for a bad shot, you may think so, but from what I observed, I thought the gun's tight choke did a great job at that distance, though indeed 9-10 yards longer than I had patterned the choke.