Opening morning a few years back I had a freak situation happen. I called in 8 birds and about 5-7 hens all within 25 yards of my setup. I was psyched to say the least! I was fixed on one of the birds that was in my line of sight and his beard looked to be what I went out that day for. once he came out in front of me past a branch that was in my way I let him have it with a 3 1/2" load to the head. All the birds scattered and I ran up on him and found a surprise awaiting.... I had accidentally shot 3 birds with one shot. The second surprise is that every one of them was a Jake! I was upset with the fact that I had inadvertantly killed 2 other birds in the process and was also disappointed in the fact that the main bird I was shooting for was a Jake. He had a 7 inch beard and nubs for spurs but I swear he was a Tom by his beard and tail feathers. The other jakes had beards of 6 and 5" and could have fooled anyone. The thing is, I felt I had to take each one of them out of the field with me back to the truck. The thing is, here in NY you are only allowed 2 birds all season and only one bird a day. I felt like I had done something wrong and didn't want to get stop by the conservation officers. My question is... is has anyone done something like this and if so do you think that the eyes of the law would understand the situation and how it was unintentional? Just wondering if I'm not the only one who's made this mistake?