Trailblazer,

I do agree the second bird had an unussual reaction to the shot, but I know for a fact it wasn't hurt. 1st of all, the shooter was about 3 feet to my left which would make for a sharp left-to-right tragectory. The second bird was left & behind the jake from my point of view already, so this would've put him seemingly out of harms way. 2ndly, as I stated in my first post, the jake was less than 15 steps. The pattern wouldn't have been much bigger than a cantelope at that range. 3rdly, as my buddy went out to get his jake, I watched that bird run for about 20 yards & then proceed to fly a quarter mile or so across the pasture (with the third bird that was there).