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| I'm going try this Turkey hunting thing; I hope I like it? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 7 2007, 09:58 AM (474 Views) | |
| Partikle | Apr 7 2007, 09:58 AM Post #1 |
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We'll I am signed up for the Turkey hunting course in Ottawa next weekend. I thought it would be nice to get out in the woods in the spring. It won't make my wait until the deer opener seem so long. I have to admit, I don't know if I will like this? I'll give it a try and see. I've seen turkeys a number of times in the fall while deer hunting and I've put them in my crossbow scope just to see if I could and it seemed pretty easy to get into shot position. I'll give it a try and see but I don't think it will be as exciting as deer hunting? Has anyone else been in this position? |
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LoneWolf
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Apr 7 2007, 11:00 AM Post #2 |
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Once you get out there and hear them gobblers gobble you'll be hooked. |
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buckstop
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Apr 7 2007, 11:04 AM Post #3 |
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i know what your saying but it's kinda like when a nonhunter sees a deer along the edge of the road and the deer stands and looks at them. they think how can people shoot these half tame animals. as we all know it's not nearly that easy by any means. i think you'll really enjoy turkey hunting. it's cool when they gobble in the spring and can be really a challenge to get one. i've finished my seasons in as little as a half hour and i've also gone all season and never came close to getting one. most people i know love it but some don't care for it. have fun and good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Apr 7 2007, 11:33 AM Post #4 |
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I'll bet your gonna love turkewy hunting and the challenges that it offer's . I felt the very same way when I started and I won't miss a chance to go turkey hunting now ,when the opportunity come's . nubo |
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Apr 7 2007, 03:15 PM Post #5 |
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l'm sure your going to get hooked when you have a tom anwser your call and comes in on your decoys in full strut.
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Apr 7 2007, 04:19 PM Post #6 |
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its an aweful thing to start, this turkey hunting is addictive. You will never have enough calls, your first 3 vests you buy won't have enough pockets to carry everything you need. |
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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Apr 7 2007, 07:50 PM Post #7 |
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Just wait till you are out there and you hear that gobble, nothing like it. It really is an awesome hunt I assure you. I convinced my uncle to get his license and he did and then I finally got him out, the first day of his hunt he took a nice jake. Now he goes out more than I do. |
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| Partikle | Apr 7 2007, 10:30 PM Post #8 |
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Here is some turkey footage I filmed on my last deer hunt of 2006. They were about 10 yards away when I took this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr7aL8Nuyrc |
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Apr 8 2007, 02:23 PM Post #9 |
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Turkey hunting is very addictive, once you start you won't want to quit. nothing compare to a gobbler gobbling only mere yards away. Matt |
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Apr 9 2007, 08:48 AM Post #10 |
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I thought it would be just like hunting any other stupid bird. NOT!. Just as cool as any other big game I've hunted. You'll love it as much as deer hunting. I can hear my heart beating when they are coming in just the same as bow hunting deer. Certainly fills the long gap!
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Apr 15 2007, 05:21 PM Post #11 |
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he,he,he well I thought I would chime in on my first experience. I am by far no means of a guru but bagged my first turlkey a couple of years ago and am hooked! Let me first say that it was through these forums and the experience of others, that I was able to have some experience and knowledge on what it was all about. I was set up on a farm that I knew held birds and as luck would have it, I wasn't able to hunt the opener... The day I got out, I sat perched against a tree with my taped up shotgun in hand and a mouth call, a Quaker Boy Triple Threat and a Hurricane Box call... I set myself up well before legal shooting light and slowly watched as daylight broke and the forest came alive... As I sat there trying to reminence about all the great wisdom and knowledge putforth by the gurus and trying to mimick the ghostly "wild turkey", I began to doubt myself and my calling abilitiues... As I sat there with my rump itching to be scrathed and the thought of this mysterious so called wild turkey appearing was becoming a myth. A myth that only "Southern" hunters would employ... After about 2 1/2'hrs I was thinking to my self that this was crazy... I knew their were turkeys as I seen them roost and the early season tracks were a giveaway... Npot sooner than when I decided to pack it in for the 20th time... Two Toms emerged from the pine tree's and were litterally gobbling in unison. I could see the steam coming from their throats as they screamed in passion for my so called hen call... As they approached I instinctivly went to my mouth call and talked them into the decoys. i remembered that the law" was to shoot the big one and even though the smaller tom was much closer, I made a bead for the bigun'. My first turkey was a 21 pound tom with a 9" beard. can't explain the memory and excitement in fact the story told today is. 21 lb bird with 2"+ spurs and a 3 foot beard... All the VERY best to those who are able to make it out for this years bird. Let the memories last for ever... |
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Apr 15 2007, 06:20 PM Post #12 |
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aint it fun
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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| Tom2 | Apr 17 2007, 06:32 PM Post #13 |
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Particle, just wait until your out there and you get them coming in on the gobble. Only thing I can think of that is close to that is moose coming on the call. You want to talk about hook line and sinker and getting hooked ............. My fist experience many years ago was on opening day (also my first hunt). Got two to's gobbling first thing, coming in, worked them for a while, they kept coming closer until a hawk spotted my decoys and circled them. The Toms shut up and everything went quiet. About 45 minutes later in the DEAD QUIET ......... from about 20 yards behind me (well it seem that close) I got a double gobble. Well I am not sure what spooked them ...... if it was me going up or me on the way down from being scared to death ........... well hook line and sinker, I was HOOKED One thing you will learn is that turkey hunting is quite different. What will work for you today, might bust you tomorrow and what busted you today, might be perfect tomorrow. Sometimes they can be the smartest birds in the world and other times the dumbest. But they do have the best eyesight I have ever seen. |
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Apr 17 2007, 09:19 PM Post #14 |
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i agree with their eye sight, they can see you change your mind at 50 yards
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condescending twat Someone who looks down on other people and is beyond arrogant | |
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Apr 19 2007, 11:50 AM Post #15 |
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Turkey huntin!
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| Partikle | May 5 2007, 07:35 AM Post #16 |
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I still haven't been out. I think I might just pass on it this spring. The thought of getting up a 4:00am to shoot a bird is not really turning my crank. I would rather be in the woods at first light scouting and preping trees for the fall deer hunt then sitting waiting for a bird to show up? I guess it's just not in my blood. <_< |
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| Renegade | May 5 2007, 11:53 AM Post #17 |
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You don't have to get up a 4:00 A.M. This idea that you have to be out at first light at hunt next to a roost and use some tree calling and lure gobbler in off the roost is a bit of an overhyped method. Nice to be out when the sun comes up but turkey hunting is an all day activity, or more aaccurately an anytime of the day activity... |
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May 5 2007, 08:23 PM Post #18 |
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You are so right rene. Partikle, you would be suprised to see how much movement there is during the day, take your camera along, chances are you will also get some good pics of other wildlife roaming around. Most of the birds that we have been seeing are moving after eight am. |
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l'm sure your going to get hooked when you have a tom anwser your call and comes in on your decoys in full strut.




You'll love it as much as deer hunting. I can hear my heart beating when they are coming in just the same as bow hunting deer. Certainly fills the long gap!




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