RE: How many male turkeys? How many antlered deer?
I've killed 11 turks
I've killed 6 antlered deer
I've been bowhunting them for the same amount of time.
Killing a mature deer, with a bow, is more difficult... I'm not sure how that's an argument.
Let's equate a 140" deer to a 10" bearded tom... there are A LOT more people that have killed a 10" beard than a 140 class whitetail (assuming they've hunted them the same amount of time). Turkeys are intelligent, but they're not as difficult as some people make them. I feel 80% confident that if I can find a big bird in an area that I can hunt, I'll kill him. The same doesn't go for deer... You can't watch a deer fly into the tree and go set up 50 yards from him, drink your coffee and wait for him to fly down.